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...French are retreating from Vietnam and the Americans are coming in, full of bravado and a species of idealism. Fowler, with his Vietnamese mistress (Do Thi Hai Yen) and his fondness for opium, is the resident sage and cynic. The subversive tactics of an American friend (Brendan Fraser) stir him to make a fatal decision for reasons both noble and venal...
...were confused. We assumed that Dean Fox would take over the role of Dean Avery,” said Ellenor J. Honig ’04, a CASV board member. “We feel bad because we caused a stir and we didn’t realize it,” said Honig...
...analysis in Sunday’s New York Times suggested that Rangel’s address “could illustrate whether the draft still has the capacity to stir crowds on college campuses...
...society that publicly criticizes racism, even as it is privately practiced, interracial relationships still stir up controversy—one doesn’t need to look further than the O.J. Simpson trial to see the social anxieties that commonly surround interracial...
...hope people will leave the theater humming the show tunes and in a happy mood, but I also hope that it will stir some level of emotion, some spark of, ‘I better call my dad and find out how he’s doing,’” Galper says...