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...awkward getting down the plane's steps, because I am juggling the crutches and a purse, a camera and a packet of letters from the families of POWs. I look up to see five Vietnamese walking toward me carrying flowers. They are the welcoming committee of the Vietnam Committee for Solidarity with the American People. The name sounds propagandistic to me, but the fullness of its meaning will soon be made clear in unusual, very human terms. As I'd anticipated, they look shocked and want to hand me the bouquet, but I can't hold it and the crutches...
Here's what Lisa Dice, 17, had with her when she took the new SAT exam: four mechanical No. 2 pencils, a calculator, a sweatshirt, a bottle of water, a bottle of apple juice and a packet of cheese-flavored crackers. Here's what she wishes she'd had: "a sandwich--something with a bit more substance...
...trust fund for donor contributions, and the Homes for Our Troops organization plans to help Joey and Jayme build a home--they're leaning toward settling in Colorado--with the wide doorways and specialized bathrooms that amputees require. But Bozik is the kind of man who will open a packet of chips with his teeth rather than ask for assistance. A law-enforcement career is now out of the question, but he's thinking of other ways he can serve his community, like social work in a military hospital. Relating to patients should be no problem. --By Amanda Bower/ Walter...
...known better than to approve Dormaid. While it provides a useful service, Dormaid’s cost to campus life outweighs its positive aspects. Harvard makes strong efforts to open this school to students of all backgrounds. These efforts must not end with a number in a financial aid packet. This openness must be imbued in the atmosphere of this school, which means that unneeded distinctions between the rich and the poor are the last things that Harvard needs to foster. Although Harvard has given its approval, students don’t have to. We urge the student body...
...Seoul Raiders is a Lunar New Year movie, the cinematic equivalent of a red packet of lai see money. But it's Leung's laid-back attitude that makes this trifle go down easier, as he walks around Seoul with a Cheshire cat's grin. After four years of surviving endless takes by meticulous Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai, who worked with him in the recent 2046, Leung deserves a New Year vacation away from his home city-and from self-serious filmmaking...