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...early 1950s, LIU BINYAN was a tall, eloquent young man deeply devoted to the ideals of socialism and set for a brilliant career in the People's Republic of China. When he was purged from the Communist Party in 1957 for writing about corruption and banished to a poor mountain village, he suddenly found that there were "two diametrically opposed kinds of truth" in China. The "longings of the peasants" formed one kind, the "policies of the higher-ups" another. The rest of Liu's life?his sufferings as well as his remarkable achievements?followed from his choice to side...
...Caravana: The darling of last May's Sydney fashion week, Australian Cathy Braid employs more than 400 women in a remote mountain village in Pakistan, where she now lives, to make her stunning hand-stitched collection. Braid creates the designs, but the women decide on a fair price for their labor. "You can't work with these women every day, live with them, understand their lives and then pay them unfairly," says Braid. "You just...
...attempts from the stripe over the last two games. ON THE REBOUNDLehigh owned the boards throughout Saturday’s contest, pulling down 42 rebounds to Harvard’s 30. The rebounding troubles exacerbated the shooting woes that the Crimson experienced against the Mountain Hawks.Harvard won the battle of the boards in four of its first five contests, but has lost it two of the last three times out.“There’s no formula,” captain Matt Stehle said. “There’s nothing coach can teach us to work...
...Mountain Hawks scored the last seven points of the contest to seal the victory...
Lehigh went 4-for-13 on three-pointeres, but shot 50 percent from the field in the first half, as the Mountain Hawks pushed their lead to seven with four minutes to go before the break. The Crimson chipped away with three pointers by senior guard Michael Beal and Martin, pulling within 33-29 at the intermission...