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...last week in April gave back dignity to so many South Africans and is the first step towards ending the lifelong struggle for equality which so many have fought for. I need matchsticks to prop my eyelids open, and my feet hurt so badly that I hope I don't have to stand again in a long time, but it's a small price to pay for being a part of this joyously democratic occasion...
Nearer my death to thee: Cruising in the closecomfort of a prop jet into the lights of Quebecfor a bilingual spring break, FM thought all thoseyears of French had come to naught. We could havesworn we heard the pilot use the words"bombe" and "une evacuation" as we circledthe city. Silly us, we thought, those Canadiansare too busy trying to keep warm in late March toworry about bombing airports. The pilot'scharmingly accented anglais told usotherwise...
...fine gradations of Northern propaganda were lost in a wave of pessimism about the chances of finding a peaceful accommodation with a country still preaching war. The civilian government of President Kim Young Sam came to power believing its military predecessors had manufactured tensions with the North to prop up their own misrule. Kim's ministers spoke in rosy tones about how they would vanquish ideology and unite the two countries. Now, says a Seoul official, "the romantic view is gone." Kim has shelved plans to encourage investment in the North, toughened the South's military stance and made sure...
...fire alarm was triggered at 2:40 a.m., after flames engulfed a plastic trash can which was being used by residents to prop open a door in the hallway which leads to Eliot rooms...
Theory is moribund everywhere, but Harvard, which sacrificed scholarly standards for expedience, has condemned itself to at least two generations of mediocrity in the humanities, since these people are certain to hire only those who will prop up their decaying reputations...