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...troops from the 3rd and 5th armies of the kmt fought their way out of Yunnan province while their compatriots hot-footed it to Taiwan. The dedicated troops set up a makeshift camp deep in the jungles of northern Burma, and for the next 12 years waged a vicious, opium-funded guerrilla war against the armies of both communist China and Burma. They were gradually pushed south until, battle weary and demoralized, they sought sanctuary in neighboring Thailand. About 4,000 men, under General Tuan Shi-wen, settled in what was then called Mae Salong. After the lost army gave...
...market place—lifeless blues and greens and oranges. The photographs themselves are mechanically arranged on the wall, with the same precision of placement and over-attention to balance and equilibrium. They pit—or at least seem to pit—art and commercial culture at vicious odds...
Grade inflation has taken on a life of its own. As Government Department Chair Roderick MacFarquhar has said, “Some people may feel that everyone else is [inflating grades], and therefore they should too.” This vicious cycle gives students and faculty less accurate information, provides almost no distinction between real and inflated As and, most detrimentally, deprives students of the best opportunity to learn all they can at Harvard. The Faculty must confront its unavoidable responsibility to assure a more professional, direct and organized approach to issuing grades to undergraduates. While giving students meaningful feedback...
...axis of evil” countries were obviously displeased with Bush’s speech, just as the Soviets were upset with Reagan’s. They are disturbed that an American president might take the initiative to free their people from vicious totalitarianism and restore their God-given human dignity...
...apathetic, strung-out, futureless student who spends most of his time organzing his CD collection and dreaming of being Conan O’Brien’s sidekick. Oxman follows Scooby through his nonexistent college search and his banal homelife. And here is Solondz at his best, using vicious situations and dialogues to dissect the world of the suburban middle-class. Many of the scenes revolve around the Livingston dinner table where Scooby, his two younger brothers, Brady, a football player worried about his school reputation, and Mikey, an inquisitive, petulant child dying for the recognition of his parents convene...