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...Wong ran afoul of Singapore's censors when they threatened to pull National Arts Council funding from his second volume due to the gay content of some poems. But he learned to cope with the restrictions, and they haven't prevented him from attaining mainstream acceptance, represented by his winning the Singapore Literary Prize in 2006. If he's proud, Wong doesn't show it. Self-deprecating and mirthful, he describes himself as lazy, living off his partner's patience and generosity. Though he cites the succinct, confessional styles of American poets Sharon Olds and Raymond Carver as his most...
...Now’s the time or never to bring John Harvard forward again back from the past,” Van Devere said. “As a dramatist, I look at this blank slate and don’t have to impose anything. I can pull things out that have been obscured by time.” Consisting of several Harvard undergraduates, the cast of “John Harvard” started rehearsing two and a half months prior to the two days of filming in April. The movie was filmed primarily at the Hooper-Lee-Nichols...
...affecting us since we don’t have cable,” said Ryan S. Nolan ’09. However, until Jack Bauer of Fox’s now-suspended “24” makes his comeback, it appears that many students are content to pull themselves off the couch and switch off the dial. “I don’t care that much,” said Peyton Shieh ’10. “There’s always YouTube...
...well founded. Five years ago, the government passed a similar helmet law but backed down in the face of popular opposition. In fact, for an authoritarian regime, Vietnam's government has an awful lot of trouble enforcing its most basic traffic laws - motorcyclists regularly ignore red lights and pull into traffic without so much as a glance around. Not only do teenagers talk on mobile phones while driving, they can increasingly be seen sending text messages, eyes darting back and forth between the road ahead and their fast-tapping fingers...
...business with the latest helmet law. "We are sure we can do it this time. We hope it will save many millions of lives in the long run," says Bui Huynh Long, chief administrator of the National Traffic Safety Committee. Thousands of extra police will be dispatched nationwide to pull over bare-headed drivers, issuing steep fines of up to 200,000 dong (about $15) - about a quarter of the average monthly wage and, significantly, also the average price of a helmet. To underline its "No Excuses" message, the government has also launched a massive TV ad campaign featuring gruesome...