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...Beijing and has seen the monstrous crackdown firsthand. Back in his staid university town, he is tipped off that the police are coming to arrest him as a counterrevolutionary. He flees, hawking his Phoenix bike to a fruit vendor for some apricots and enough change to buy a train ticket to Nanjing. From there, Jian plans to board an express train heading south to Guangzhou, then sneak into Hong Kong and eventually make it to another country. In the novel's final scene, Jian incinerates his student identity card and crops his hair. We never do know if he gets...
...presidential candidate Hillary Clinton for TIME'S 2007 Person of the Year. No matter what you think of her politics or where you stand, it is about time we had a woman running for President. And in a big way--not just that you write her name on a ticket but as a major candidate for President of this country. I think it is a corner turned...
...students to give up eating. “The concept of fasting is more symbolic,” said Firth M. McEachern ’08, treasurer of the group. “People are donating for the price of a latte, a taxi ride, a movie ticket, or chocolate.” Through this Friday, students passing by the Science Center have been pledging to give up one of these items and donate $3. The money helps to pay escorts for women in Darfur who need to leave their refugee camps to collect firewood, organizers said. The program falls...
This is the second article three-part series about formerly homeless mother Kimberly S.M. Woo '10 and other transfer students from community colleges called "The Road Less Traveled."Part 1: A Ticket Out of PovertyPart 3: Mixed Blessings for Student Mother
...experienced enough?" Edwards surprised everyone by coming from nowhere to place second in Iowa. And while the power of that stump speech didn't win the nomination for him in 2004, it did propel him to the position of John Kerry's running mate on the Democratic presidential ticket. And when they lost the election in November, the speech was the reason no one could count out Edwards for the future...