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...troop withdrawal on the British pullout from Dunkirk in 1940. Commandeer everything that flies and floats. Do it under cover of smoke and tear gas or fighter escort if necessary. Burn the equipment, but get the soldiers out now. Dunkirk was a defeat for the Brits, but the spirit that emerged from the rescue operation galvanized them for ultimate victory. We might claim some of that spirit by rescuing our soldiers right away. Doug Dix, Bloomfield, Conn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 8/9/2007 | See Source »

...lights, onlookers and trees in front of the ornate Wangfujing Church. As in other places, being punk in Beijing can mean many things. Ma doesn't even like to use the label, though he listens to punk music, played in a punk band and admits he has the punk spirit. The Beijing punk scene contains many of the same nuances it has in the countries from which it was imported. Jon Campbell, a promoter for rock bands in the Chinese capital, says that the city's punk culture today has grow into a layered subculture in which groups of people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Punk Republic of China | 8/7/2007 | See Source »

...like a teddy bear, everybody talked about his great bear hugs, and he definitely had a very youthful spirit," she said. "He talked like a dreamer...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn and Kristina M. Moore, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Dunster Student Dies at 24 | 8/6/2007 | See Source »

...like a teddy bear, everybody talked about his great bear hugs, and he definitely had a very youthful spirit,” she said. “He talked like a dreamer...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn and Kristina M. Moore, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Dunster Student Dies at 24 | 8/3/2007 | See Source »

...developing the distinctively playful-yet-disturbing sound for “Rocket Science,” Blitz says he elicited the services of musician Eef Barzelay. He listened to the songs of the New Jersey musician while writing, and “I felt that the spirit of the music seeped into the script,” he says...

Author: By Andrew E. Lai, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Blitz Escapes Bind, Learns Science | 8/3/2007 | See Source »

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