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...dramatically on top of a sharp rock in the forested Carpathian mountains not far from the picturesque medieval Romanian town of Brasov, Bran Castle looks straight out of a fairy tale. But its beauty alone does not explain the fervor of the debate over its ownership. The myth-shrouded castle is also known as Dracula's Castle: according to legend, Vlad "The Impaler" Draculae, a local ruler known for his cruel torture methods (the story goes he liked to have his dinner while watching his opponents painfully die on a stake) used to inhabit Bran Castle. This, however, is merely...
...best means of delivering sustenance to the human race as a whole. Patel opens the book with the epidemic of farmer suicides that have hit rural India, South Korea and the United States, depicting a grim picture of despair and debt, and conclusively dispelling the strangely persistent myth of farming as some sort of pastoral pleasure. He then argues that the past century's lowering of trade barriers and opening of agricultural markets, with the help of bodies like the WTO and the World Bank, have wrested control of the land and what grows on it from the hands...
...getting any of my chemistry experiments to work, and I’ve done some pretty complicated chemistry experiments,” said Lipoff, a second-year chemistry doctoral candidate at MIT. Students welcomed the amenities. “Any technology that helps to unmask how ridiculous the myth is that the Quad is so very far away is good technology as far as we’re concerned,” said Pforzheimer House Committee Co-Chair Noah A. Rosenblum ’08. —Staff writer Victoria B. Kabak can be reached at vkabak@fas.harvard.edu...
Adams and Ren’s study, though it counters myth with hard numbers and quantifications, can yet do little to prevent subtle manifestations of prejudice. For example, at the height of the John Huang “Chinagate” scandal, the March 24, 1997 cover of the National Review portrayed the Clintons in Chinese clothes and hats, holding a pot of tea and displaying buck teeth. Many Asian American groups also complained of widespread discrimination among the community after media coverage of John Huang’s illegal dealings—for example, that the Democratic National Committee...
...biggest question going forward centers around how Asian America should work to advance its political standing and involvement in a reputable, effective, and myth-dispelling way. The seeds for political contribution, activism and leadership are very much present—the problem is how to unify and push these emerging efforts forward...