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...couple's agency, Nam Nam Buk Nyo, a name taken from a traditional Korean proverb saying that handsome men are from the South and beautiful women live in the North, has matched 250 women like Kang with South Korean husbands in four years. Hong says there are at least nine other similar agencies operating around the country, most of them established in 2008, and he estimates about 1,000 similar matches have been made...
While he doesn’t speculate about the nation’s political future, Pastor is a strong critic of the new government. And on his replacement in the new cabinet, he offers what he describes as an old Latin American proverb: “If you can’t say anything positive, you better not talk,” he says...
...even after over twenty years struggling for their rights, the Tatars retain a faith in a better, peaceful future. "Dogs bark, but the caravan goes on," says Osmanov, quoting an Arab proverb. "We'll get there, despite these problems. God sees everything and in the end he puts things in their rightful place...
There is an old Arabic proverb: "My brother and I against my cousin, but my cousin and I against the stranger." It didn't hold true in Iraq for long. Three years after the 2003 U.S. invasion, Sunni brothers and their Shi'ite cousins were slaughtering one another while also fighting against the American stranger. The U.S. is now winding down its mission and preparing to withdraw, but has Iraq's family feud been settled...
...American educator Thomas H. Palmer coined the phrase, “If at first you don’t succeed, Try, try again.” This proverb was taken to heart by the women’s water polo team this weekend, which had a chance to avenge last weekend’s losses to Bucknell (6-7) and Princeton (8-3). In addition to the two rematches, Harvard (4-5) took on No. 20 Maryland (12-6) in the Elite Six Invitational at Kinney Natatorium in Lewisburg, Penn., ultimately falling to the Terrapins and Tigers, but topping...