Word: nguyens
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When police came to Nguyen Van Dai's door on Feb. 8, the Vietnamese human rights lawyer thought he was in for an ordinary questioning session. He was certainly used to them, having been called in by police at least a dozen times for running educational seminars on democracy, which authorities said threatened national security. But this time, it was different. Dai was taken to his local People's Committee, where about 200 murmuring citizens were waiting to denounce him for his crimes against society. One by one, the audience, mostly elderly, came to the microphone to speak - sometimes heatedly...
...hard to convince ordinary Vietnamese that their system is actually becoming more open and democratic. Hanoi may soon announce the results of its May 20 National Assembly elections, touted as a democratic exercise because the government actively encouraged pre-screened "self-nominated" candidates to run. In February, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung held an unprecedented online chat with ordinary citizens, in which he frankly answered questions on the economy and press censorship. Meanwhile, state media have published lengthy articles criticizing multi-party "Western-style" democracy as messy and debilitating, while trumpeting the "Vietnamese style" of one-party rule...
Harvard also began setting the foundations for next year, Clayton and junior Dan Nguyen as the team’s co-captains for next season. The two bring contrasting styles to the position: Nguyen is a more quiet leader compared to Clayton’s highly vocal style...
...team earned spots on the All-Ivy League team annouced Tuesday. Sophomore Chris Clayton was one of four players voted unanimously onto the All-Ivy singles squad. The doubles duo of sophomore Sasha Ermakov and junior Ashwin Kumar made the doubles team. Co-captain Gideon Valkin and junior Dan Nguyen received second-team and honorable mention nods, respectively. Both Clayton and Ermakov and Kumar played at the Crimson’s No. 1 spots in their respective categories. Clayton’s 4-3 record in league belies the quality of his play, as his three losses came...
...process became easier when we established more concrete criteria,” Nguyen said. “We decided that the recipient had to have made a lasting impact, not just performed their job well...