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...political prisoners, where conditions are relatively better. Kyohwaso life is extremely harsh: scholars estimate only 50% of prisoners survive their first year. One of the first accounts of the North Korean prison system, a 2000 memoir called The Aquariums of Pyongyang, tells of routine torture and deprivations on par with those of Nazi concentration camps. The book's author, Kang Chol Hwan, was imprisoned in the Yodok concentration camp at age 9 for 10 years with his family. He suffered starvation and disease and was forced to attend public executions. "I attended some 15 executions during my time in Yodok...
...coming in, so all the holes are going to be filled.”Carrying the Crimson at the championship was junior Greg Shuman—recipient of the 2009 Alex Vik ’78 MVP Award—who finished tied for eighth at +4 on the par-70 Atlantic City Country Club course. Shuman competed in every tournament this season and consistently finished at or near the top of the Harvard competitors. “Greg is the best player on the team,” freshman Mark Pollak said. “That showed consistently throughout...
...expensive administrative personnel budget that has not yet been touched. Preserving faculty and course offerings in order to preserve the student experience should be our top priority. The administration is undoubtedly extremely important to the functioning of this school, but as a priority it is not on par with the faculty—as seems to be the mindset that has developed...
...Because of the slump in world trade, and hence in demand for its exports, Germany itself is facing a tremendous slowdown. The government now predicts that its economy will contract by 6% this year, much more than the economies of the U.S. or Britain, and on a par with the baleful prospect for that other exporting powerhouse, Japan. The government of Chancellor Angela Merkel is pumping $108 billion into the economy, but after an intense debate it has resisted international pressure to do more, saying it wanted to evaluate existing plans before adding new ones. But it isn't just...
...prepared as much and as best we could. We just have not had that much time to practice recently.” Totaling the scores of its four best performers on each day, Harvard shot rounds of 318, 323, and 338 for the three-day affair on the par-72 course. Senior Emily Balmert led the Crimson’s efforts this past weekend at the tournament held on the Scarlet Course on the campus of The Ohio State University. She shot rounds of six, seven, and eight over par, finishing with 11 pars on the final day of competition...