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...three northern Vietnamese women and the sacrifices men and communist society wrest from them. The main characters of Paradise represent real women in Vietnam--not the extremes portrayed by the passive Phuong of Graham Greene's The Quiet American nor the whores of Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal lacket." Despite their ordinary occupations and status as second-class citizens, though, the women of Paradise are nothing short of extraordinary...

Author: By Amy THANH Nguyen, | Title: Paradise of the Blind: Surviving the Inner War | 5/14/1993 | See Source »

Devens, warming up in a Yankee lacket yielded a hit is Ed Buckley on his first pitch, and was reached for four more in the course of three innings, but still showed flashes of his old form as he struck out six. The runs off Devens came on a wild throw by Bilodeau and a fly by Buckley...

Author: By John W. Ballantine, | Title: Alumni Take Batsmen In Practice Game, 5-3 | 5/2/1940 | See Source »

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