Word: ju
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...came to Harvard wanting to be a doctor, and she knew science would be in her future. But what Alana C. Ju ‘10 did not know was that she would end up writing science fiction about genetically-modified crops that take over the world or fiddling with a microscope that once belonged to Mark Twain...
...Mahameed is an avid believer in Mahatma Gandhi's dictum that truth leads to non-violence, and he sees himself practicing a kind of ju-jitsu, using Israel's own moral superiority over the Holocaust as a way to shame the Israeli occupiers in the West Bank into treating the Palestinians more humanely. "If the Israelis believe that the Holocaust justifies this kind of brutal discrimination, then they're wrong." He travels through army checkpoints showing his ID card and a photo from Auschwitz. At first he's met with suspicion. "I tell the soldiers that this could...
...door a crack, it has slammed it shut. In 2005, for instance, the government suddenly reversed its decision to allow private markets, forcing many North Koreans back into food-rationing. And at April's meeting of the Supreme People's Assembly, Kim's government sacked Prime Minister Pak Pong Ju, who had led a Cabinet-level economic think tank and was seen by some as friendly to reformers. "All of a sudden the wind seems to have gone out of the sail," says Brad Babson, a former North Korea specialist at the World Bank...
...ever need a break from trying to be funny? -Ju Huang, STAMFORD, CONN.For me, that's like asking, Do you need a break from being happy? God, I hope not. There is no such thing as too much fun. People need to know it is O.K. to tell jokes and be happy...
...enjoy more dealing with your imaginary characters or dealing with people in reality? Do you ever feel imprisoned by your own imagination? -Ju Huang, Stamford, Conn.I prefer the real. The representation of characters in novel is but a thin a slice of what a real person is. It is a kind of trick with smoke and mirrors I can leave my imagination behind when I stand up from my desk...