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...daughter of Vietnamese revolutionaries, Tai was educated in the West at the height of the Vietnam War. As a result of her bi-cultural upbringing, she believes she has a special perspective on the complexities of being Vietnamese...
...speaking of ancient Rome, Super Bowl weekend may be the optimal moment to reflect on the true reason for that empire's fall--which, it could be argued, was not decadence, Christianity or post-orgy bulimia but rampant sports mania. At the height of the empire, the stadium was the centerpiece of every Roman town, dwarfing mere housing and temples. Loyalty to the chariot-racing leagues, with their colorful banners, eclipsed all political passions. When the barbarians attacked the gates of the Roman city of Hippo, no one much noticed because the groans of the dying soldiers on the wall...
...charts which list categories ranging from donor height to "occupation or major" there is no column reserved for college affiliation. Still, I've got a lingering feeling that if the California Cryobank is going to go through the trouble of attracting students at elite coastal colleges as its donors, it's got to give clients some means to insure that the sample they buy has US News & World Report Top 25 genes...
...didn't want to be called mentally ill at any point in the trial, and if that meant he needed new lawyers, so be it. The clash was ideological, not personal. The rapport between Kaczynski and defense attorneys Quin Denvir and Judy Clarke was clearly strong. Even at the height of their dispute, Kaczynski would confer with the two, often with a smile or a joking remark. He never recoiled when Clarke, a tall, thin woman who towers over him, patted his back or rested her arm on his chair back...
...John, who, centuries ago, caught a vision of the new Jerusalem. God grant that those of us who still walk the road of life will catch this vision and decide to move forward to that city of complete life in which the length and the breadth, and the height are equal...