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...leadership, however. It took three years for Kim Jong Il to establish his own power base after his father, the Great Leader Kim Il Sung, died. "If anything happened to Kim Jong Il, it is very unlikely that Kim Jong Nam could assume power as his father did," says Victor Cha, a Georgetown University expert on East Asian affairs. "He needs to build his own cadre of supporters from his own generation of military and political leaders...
...valid English word? if so, can "U mke me blush" pass as a line of poetry? Britain's Guardian newspaper thinks it qualifies. Victor Keegan, the newspaper's Online editor, last week announced the winner of its first text message poetry competition. Hetty Huges, a 22-year-old university student, won the $1,500 prize for her text poem...
...back, stroll along the waterfront past the 17th century house where Lord Byron in 1816 wrote The Prisoner of Chillon, a poem commemorating the imprisonment in 1530 of François de Bonnivard, prior of the Abbey of St. Victor. The 13th century Chillon Castle is at the lake's eastern end, a pleasant 90-minute steamboat trip from Ouchy. The boats leave from the central dock, but the schedule is seasonal so when there call 0848-811-848 for information...
...Crimson (19-18, 9-3 Ivy) and the Big Green (17-15, 9-3 Ivy) are tied for second place in the Ivies, each trailing league-leading Cornell by two wins. A sweep by either team would result in a playoff game for the Ivy title between the victor and the Big Red (30-14, 11-3 Ivy), while a split would give the crown Harvard claimed last year to Cornell outright...
...Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology Theda Skocpol said faculty input should always be present in important University-wide decisions...