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Even after his record of genocide was known the world over, Pol Pot inspired affection among the countryfolk who harbored him for nearly 20 years. "The people found him very kind--I mean the poor people," said Mit Sim, head of Pol Pot's bodyguards in northwestern Cambodia until 1994. During a visit to the area last fall, Sim led the way uphill to the remains of Pol Pot's house and pointed out a large rock at the edge of a nearby cliff. "This is where he would come and sit in the evening," said Sim. "When...
...Then, of course, there's A Christmas Carol; go with Alastair Sim as the bullied, bollixed and bejeebered Scrooge. He's just a crabby old guy with low heating bills and a profitable money-counting operation--where's the crime in that?--until the three ghosts take turns leaning on him. Personally, this tale has always rankled CP more than a little. But people seem to like...
...found the experience] shocking, especially because it was from our own cultural background," said Carrie Sim, a student from the University of Toronto...
...beloved Saint Bernards than in twisting arms and cutting deals. But Republicans must deliver on their promise to bring the budget into balance or face an even angrier electorate. And the Finance panel is where much of that legislation comes from. The stakes for the g.o.p. are sim ply too high for the new chairman to be allowed to fail. Roth acknowledges he must rely on majority leader Bob Dole. "I would certainly work closely with the leadership,'' he says. "Dole in particular...
...takes some time for Cardboard Woman and Cardboard Man (played by Master Bow Sim Mark and Michael J. Nuell, respectively) to become more interesting than their two-dimensional names would suggest. However, in their reconciliation scene, the two burst out of their flatness...