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...Vietnam, Corrina's family lived in Malaysia. Then they moved to the United States. On the ship from Malaysia to America, Corrina saw girls get raped and killed. "Sometimes there is a lot of shame in a family when a girl gets raped. Sometimes the family will throw her overboard. So many people die on the boat, sickness or no food or too young. So many people...
...tactical withdrawal doesn't hand Clinton a win; it just stops the bleeding for now. His decision to throw a central element of his economic program overboard raised old questions about what he stands for. At nearly every appearance last week, Clinton talked about "principles" in the budget fight, but his list is dwindling down to little more than $500 billion in deficit reduction. That's a worthy goal, but it too could fall victim to special-interest pleading unless he stays engaged...
...people died when a tramp freighter smuggling Chinese immigrants into the U.S. went aground just off New York City. After hundreds of the would-be immigrants jumped overboard into chill waters in an attempt to swim ashore, about 285 were treated and released into the custody of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, which will decide whether the immigrants should be returned to China. Police said a Chinese gang operating in lower Manhattan organized the nightmarish 17,000-mile voyage of the Golden Venture with the intention of collecting a fee of around $30,000 a head...
Even hockey doesn't draw the crowds. It was readily apparent this year at the Garden for the Beanpot. The Boston University fans dwarfed the Harvard faithful. Forty-year-old BU grads were wearing the red and white, waving pom-poms, cursing the refs. Maybe its a little overboard, but they were having...
...plans were immediately thrown overboard when someone said no, I don't want you to do this," she says. "If I had anything to say to the women who are graduating this year, I would say make serious, practical plans...