Word: vietnamization
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...took Vu Thi Quyen more than two years of lobbying and paperwork to convince Vietnam's government to legalize Education for Nature-Vietnam (ENV), the country's first homegrown environmental group. Bureaucrats had no objection to Quyen's plan to teach public-school students about Vietnam's rare and endangered species. The problem, Quyen says, was that at age 25, she wasn't so long out of school herself. Environmental enthusiasts co-sponsoring the group were even younger, and that didn't go down well in a communist state where seniority counts and youthful feistiness isn't necessarily prized...
...Vietnam, conservation is itself a young idea. After decades of war and isolation, the country opened its jungles up to foreign environmentalists in the 1990s, and it soon became known as a hotspot for unique species on the brink of extinction. One of the rarest is the golden-headed langur. Found on Cat Ba Island in northern Vietnam, this cliff-dwelling monkey has a population of less than...
...wheel," the acclaimed Australian writer, now 72, prefers to explore more spiritual intimacies. This is the theme of his seven new short stories, each in its own way a memento mori. In War Baby, an abandoned son wears his late father's R.A.A.F. greatcoat in preparation for fighting in Vietnam; in Elsewhere, a Blue Mountains father grieves for his lost daughter by reading poetry dedicated to her at her Sydney wake; a composer watches in wonder as his wife sings his music to life in The Domestic Cantata. These are consummations of the soul...
...they talked about someplace that was alive, where real people came through.” The anniversary celebration began with a video montage of some of the IOP’s most memorable moments, including a clip of Robert McNamara’s trip to the Institute during the Vietnam War. Other highlights of the IOP over the past forty years include the recent visit by former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami and past visits by President Bill Clinton and actress Barbara Streisand, according to information provided by IOP communications director Esten Perez. Kennedy’s speech was followed...
...Like Father, Like Son Vietnam hero and Senator JOHN MCCAIN has unyieldingly backed the Iraq war. Now son Jimmy is heading to boot camp and, maybe, to battle