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...loss, however, the KMT has learned to be more democratic and open to public sentiment, and it found a new message, oddly enough, in its historical ties to China. As Lin Chong-pin, president of the Foundation on International and Cross-Strait Studies, puts it, the KMT "had no stage in Taiwan but found a stage in China." In 2005, then KMT chairman Lien Chan made a breakthrough visit to Beijing, during which he buried the hatchet with the party's communist foes. The DPP "perceives the mainland as a threat. We should and do," says Ma. However, he adds...
...murder. (Famous last lines: "There are 8 million stories in the Naked City. This has been one of them.") Set on the piers and streets of New York City, the movie broke with depictions of cops as inept bumblers--and private eyes as heroic crime solvers--and set the stage for the now teeming genre of gritty police dramas. Wald, who was nominated for an Oscar for the film...
...Dartmouth jumped out to a 10-point halftime lead and held off the home team in the 2008 Ivy opener at Lavietes. Harvard got its revenge in Hanover just three weeks later, but this time around, the matchup will be about far more than bragging rights.Frontcourt play takes center stage in any of the three potential matchups: Cornell, Dartmouth, and Harvard boast talented forwards in Maduka, Brittany Smith, and Katie Rollins, respectively. Yet the Crimson knows all too well that doubling down low means leaving shooters open. Big Green sharpshooters Koren Schram and Kristen Craft combined for six three-pointers...
...into intermission, a fast-paced medley of Bollywood-style songs danced with infectious energy by over 80 members of the senior class. The musical elements of the show were equally fun-loving and energetic. During a Pakistani rock song near the end of the show, dancers crossed the stage behind a light curtain in the back as the instrumentalists traded off short solos and the crowd clapped along. In another fun musical act, the Qawwali, two groups of singers—one male, one female—egged each other on as they debated the nature of love, accompanied...
When a complaint is put before the Ad Board, a student is rarely informed that he is under scrutiny. Unlike in a law enforcement case in which the person under question is brought in for an interview during the fact-gathering stage, the Board usually inquires into the matter quietly, and without the participation of the accused. If the Board decides to act on the findings of its investigation, it promulgates “charges” and begins to assemble a formal case. Only once a full, written charge has been issued is the student brought into the fold...