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Delisle gets assigned an official guide, Mr. Kyu, which all non- diplomatic foreigners must have, and a translator, Mr. Sin. These two become the only North Koreans that Delisle is allowed any extended contact with. In spite of this they remain - and I am going to use a loaded word here - inscrutable. Of their personal life we learn nothing. Of their feelings and opinions we learn almost as little, except when Mr. Kyu unwittingly borrows 1984, which Delisle slyly describes as "science fiction." Mr. Kyu later returns the book nervously but says little about it except that he "doesn...
...spite of the contentiousness of the hearings, the Democratic senators injected humor into their speeches on Wednesday. Saying the proceedings were “getting a little more absurd the further we move,” Schumer soon prompted laughs from an audience that had become acquainted with Roberts’ rhetorical patterns...
...some ways, that become the story: it was triumph over tragedy rather than triumph, per se. Every match Blake won became another victory in spite of heartbreak...
...Speaking for Brown, Andrews says that Brown has never claimed to be a political science professor, in spite of what his profile in FindLaw indicates. "He was named the outstanding political science senior at Central State, and was an adjunct professor at Oklahoma City School...
...Party insiders have said they'd keep Sharon as leader, if the Gaza withdrawal goes well and retains his popularity with the public. But most Likud members voted against Sharon's withdrawal in a party referendum last year and were outraged when he went ahead with his plans in spite of the vote. If the "disengagement" is followed by an upsurge in terror attacks-and everyone from Israeli military intelligence to leading Hamas figures agrees that it will-they might use that as an opportunity to ditch the prime minister. When that happens, Netanyahu may be well situated to capitalize...