Word: refugee
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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But after first Monday of classes last year, having attended two of Harvard's largest classes (Chemistry 5: "Introduction to Principles of Chemistry" and Literature & Arts A-40: "Shakespeare, The Early Years"), I wondered if I had made a horrible mistake. Brown-nosing and extensions on papers, the two cornerstones...
Roger Rosenblatt only touched on the tragedy that befell the Cambodian people at the hands of Pol Pot and his followers [ESSAY, Aug. 18]. It's difficult to imagine the hardship and cruelty that Cambodians endured during Pol Pot's reign of terror. But Rosenblatt apparently let his imagination run...
In the end, Cunanan found refuge in an unoccupied two-story houseboat that was still supplied with electricity but was without water. Belying reports he was dressed as a woman, he had a few days' stubble on his face. And then, at 3:30 p.m. on July 23, caretaker Fernando...
This speech foreshadowed the current Age of Apology, as public remorse has become the refuge of middle-aged politicians too timid for body piercing. Bill Clinton has raised these I'm-so-sorry sermonettes to an art form. The survivors of the Tuskegee, Ala., syphilis experiments and the victims of...
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo: After airlifting about 100 foreign residents over the weekend to nearby Kinshasa, Congo, the U.S. Embassy is desperately trying to negotiate a cease-fire so that some two dozen American citizens holed up in the embassy compound can reach the airport and flights out. The evacuation...