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Students contacted yesterday said that they had not worked solely to earn the honor, but saw it as a testament to their efforts...
...Cannes Film Festival caught a political fever last year, and Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 copped the top-prize Palme d'Or. This May anti-Bush harangues gave way to cooler fare: family dramas and open-ended mysteries. L'Enfant, by the Belgian Dardenne brothers, took the highest honor. But here are this Riviera veteran's personal palmes...
...seem almost universally low-key. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's hometown of Yokosuka will hold a memorial tea ceremony, which he has declined to attend. In Shimane prefecture?where a holiday celebrating the annexation of Takeshima island sparked anti-Japanese demonstrations in Korea earlier this year?one village will honor fishermen who rescued hundreds of Russian seamen during the battle. And in Tsushima, May 27 will be marked with remembrance services and the unveiling of a Russia-financed war memorial...
...been an honor working for you on the UC this semester and I wish all of you a safe and happy summer...
Amerine's war-hero status--he was a guest of honor at President Bush's 2002 State of the Union address, although he ceded his position at Laura Bush's side to another survivor from his special-forces team--seems to give him license to act as a great counterweight to the misty-eyed patriotism of West Point. He was recruited to teach international relations--and the realities of war. "Major Amerine doesn't sugarcoat anything," says Cadet Jonathan Lum. "His basic lesson is, There's a percentage of you that will...