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...conundrum of the man is that he did not seem savage at all. Before fleeing into the jungle in 1963, the French-educated son of prosperous landowners, born Saloth Sar, taught school in Phnom Penh, and his former students remember him as a soft-spoken, even-tempered man who loved to recite his favorite poet, Verlaine. Francois Ponchaud, a French priest who first moved to Cambodia in 1965, says that when he heard the leader who called himself Pol Pot give a speech on the radio in 1977, "I remember saying to myself, this man knows how to speak...
...young murderers were taught to drive a van and shoot a weapon accurately. Their parents and grandparents bear a huge responsibility for this unimaginable, evil killing. GERARD SHENKO Laon, France
...Harvard students geeks and nerds?" asked one mother. While there may be one or two, most are energetic, confident, witty and fun, Brown said, smiling. "Do graduate students teach classes?" another parent wondered. She was quickly assured that while a few introductory courses are taught by teaching fellows, 95 percent are headed by professors...
...cannot but be pleased by the fact, for instance, that more than 90 percent of the courses in the Core curriculum are taught by senior faculty," he said...
...nine students of Environmental Science and Public Policy (ESPP) 90c, a junior tutorial in ecology and land-use planning taught by Professor of Advanced Environmental Studies in the Field of Landscape Ecology Richard T. Forman, did all that and more during their spring break trip to Highlands County, Florida. At Archbold Biological Station, an ecological research facility in a county located about two hours south of Orlando, the students spent a week learning about the natural resources of the region, researching local culture and integrating spatial principles and ecological objectives into a comprehensive land-use plan for Highlands County...