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...first elevated him to power, and his daughter under house arrest and jailed his grandsons. "Ne Win died in ignominy," says Christina Fink, author of Living Silence: Burma Under Military Rule, a landmark book about life under the junta. "Than Shwe must be painfully aware that the same could happen to him." The junta chief has another weakness: his family. He allows them "to run wild," says Rogers. In July 2006, his jewel-bedecked daughter Thandar Shwe, one of eight children, married an army major in a lavish ceremony that angered many in this poverty-stricken nation. (See pictures...
...That won't happen anytime soon. It would send "the wrong signal," warned Campbell. His boss agrees. "Sanctions remain important as part of our policy," said Hillary Clinton, describing them and engagement as "tools" to achieve the same goal: democracy in Burma. Considering Than Shwe's nonexistent track record on reform, U.S. officials are right to downplay the impact of engagement. Barring any real concessions from the hard man himself - starting with the release of Suu Kyi and other political prisoners prevented from running in next year's polls - democracy remains a distant prospect. "Everyone is calling for reform...
...There was one good half and one not so good half, pure and simple,” Farrar said. “Getting outscored, 5-1, in the second half just can’t happen again...
...Shuman said. “All in all, you’re still trying to play the best golf you can. I play with a lot more ease. I’m not worried about the final score. The one shot you hit is all that matters. What happened on the hole before, what’s going to happen on the next hole doesn’t matter. You’re playing for one hole. It’s just an entirely different game...
...inspired by the resourcefulness and persistence of ACT UP, which found means of expression outside of traditional forums. “How can you make sure that the inspiration that the students will feel from this exhibition is going to carry forward? What’s going to happen after the symposium leaves? I don’t think these issues should be forgotten. Nor should the inspiration that one feels when they see how many risks people took to make this work, and also how resourceful the ACT UP members were,” Martin says...