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...part of Pforzheimer House) with Des Forges, said she remembered her as a smart and serious student, as well as “kind and gentle.” “She always went out of her way to be nice to me,” Shepard said. Karen L. Worth ’64, Des Forges’ close friend, echoed those sentiments, saying that Des Forges was “always thinking of other people,” from her time at Radcliffe through her later years. Worth and Des Forges met at Radcliffe and bonded over...
...impoverished farmers to turn to a delicate red flower when things get tough. Most of Burma's poppies flourish in the northeastern Shan State, which abuts the infamous Golden Triangle, where the borders of Burma, Thailand and Laos meet. (The flowers are also grown in Kachin and Karen states.) And given the omnipresence of opium and heroin smuggling in Burma - the nation is the world's second-largest poppy producer, after Afghanistan - it's hard to imagine how the trade can flourish without at least the tacit support of the military regime that has ruled there since...
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...second-largest ethnic group after the Burmans, the Karen have also waged a long rebellion against the Burmese junta seeking either self-determination or even independence, depending on which insurgence group. Both Christian and Buddhist, the Karen have been plagued by internal strife between rival factions over the past couple of decades. A general ceasefire framework with the central government is in place but occasional flashpoints of fighting still occur. Karen villagers, who tend to live in the Irrawaddy Delta and in the border region between Burma and Thailand, have been victims of forced relocation and labor programs...
...increase symptoms in people with migraines and other conditions. Plus, if they break, they can release toxic mercury. And when one burns out, you can't toss it in the trash; you have to waste gas driving the bulb across the county to a toxic-waste disposal center. Karen M. Campbell, SACRAMENTO, CALIF...