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...Kinh majority, which makes up 90% of Vietnam's population. Dak Lak's population has nearly doubled in 10 years, to 1.9 million. In 1975, ethnic minorities made up half of Dak Lak's population. Now, they number only 25%. Some officials, such as Gia Lai's Governor Nguyen Ly Ha, say it's natural to have tensions with such movements of people. But he says the government has no choice but to continue the policy: "The Kinh need land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brewing Discord | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

...official control in the highlands remains tight, while most people, like Nguyen Van Quyen, merely want to get on with their lives. When he and his wife, Linh, moved to their one-room wooden shack a year ago, just days after they married, they were escaping dismal prospects back home in Ha Tinh province. Here in Dak Lak, he's eager to begin cultivating his leased hectare. "It's hard going, yes, but I knew it would be. I want a good life for my family," he says, pointing to his four-month-old son: a frontier baby who faces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brewing Discord | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

Head Coach David Fish decided to go with several different doubles combinations to start out the match. Nothing worked. The new pair of sophomore Oli Choo and freshman Cliff Nguyen fell 8-3 at No. 3 doubles, and then the usual No. 3 team of co-captain Anthony Barker and freshman George Turner went down next, losing at the No. 1 spot to the Bulldogs' Peter Luczak and David Mullins...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Tennis Splits on West Coast | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

With Harvard down 1-0, the singles became a fight to the finish. Nguyen, at No. 1 singles, got double goose-egged 6-0, 6-0 by Luczak, Fresno State's top player and No. 15 in the nation. Lee, however, put Harvard on the board with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Mullins...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Tennis Splits on West Coast | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

Fish used another different doubles set-up, but the results were upsetting at least in the first run. Junior Dalibor Snyder paired with Nguyen at No. 3 doubles but lost 8-2 to Stephen DeSilva and Fredrick von Sydow. Coupled with a win at No. 1 doubles, the Vandals got themselves the only point they would get in the match...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Tennis Splits on West Coast | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

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