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...general named Vang Pao, who in 1961 was commissioned by the CIA to set up a secret army to fight the advancing communists. Over the next decade nearly half of the 40,000 Hmong fighters in Vang Pao's army are thought to have perished during the fighting. The reward for their sacrifice? The Paris cease-fire agreement of 1973, which signaled an end of U.S. aid. Vang fought on for two more years, but when it became clear that the Pathet Lao would win he fled to Thailand and then to the U.S. Today, some 200,000 other Hmong...
...write with less dedication." In Timoleon Vieta Come Home, at least, he manages to conjure for Cockcroft a happy ending of sorts. Yet readers will weep instead for the fate of poor Timoleon Vieta, the most faithful and devoted lover of all the characters in the book, whose reward when he gets home is ... well, it shouldn't happen to a dog. Like Aurora's grandmother, Rhodes understands the subversive power of the simple tale, well told. And it's the tradition of European fairy and folktales that his stories evoke - where fixed notions of place and time evaporate, plots...
Amidst the widespread famine and stark poverty characteristic of a Communist state, Kim’s regime risks implosion if it fails to garner needed external aid. Since North Korea has received billions of dollars worth of food, oil and project aid in recent years as a reward for halting nuclear programs, its leaders believed that the international community would again appease its belligerent behavior. In the process, Kim counted on polishing his domestic demi-god-like persona and boosting his international clout by demanding one-on-one talks with the American leadership...
...Marie Mondesir’s Nouvelle Lune Cuisine, the multi-layered flavors of crisp, fried plantains and hearty, Creole stews tell a tale of colonization in Haiti even as they reward the tongue. Tender okra evokes West Africa, finely-sliced capsicum introduces the produce of the Americas and sautéed onions, imported to Haiti on the ships of European merchant-adventurers, are a token of the Old World. Using recipes and techniques refined by a long family tradition, Mondesir, a native of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, proudly continues the rich culinary traditions of her island...
...professors and colleagues. “It almost does an accurate job,” says Lee confidently, though he warns that the ad exaggerates some parts of Harvard classroom life. Factual or not, the ad speaks to Harvard’s cultural currency in Korea as the ultimate reward for successfully learning English. Harvard is depicted as a serene university on a hill, at which students interact with their professors as peers...