Word: vietnamize
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...home state, Rove persuaded G.O.P. Congressman Richard Burr to challenge Edwards for his Senate seat. And when Massachusetts Senator John Kerry suggested that the U.S. was just as much in need of "regime change" as Iraq, Republicans launched a coordinated assault, accusing the putative Democratic front runner, a decorated Vietnam veteran, of poor judgment and lack of patriotism. Afterward White House officials gleefully imagined the ads they could use against Kerry. "With our troops at war," intoned one, "John Kerry compared President Bush to Saddam Hussein...
...DIED. MIKE JENDRZEJCZYK, 53, human-rights champion and Washington director for the Asia division of Human Rights Watch (HRW); of natural causes; in Washington, D.C. An expert on U.S. foreign policy in Asia, Jendrzejczyk first became involved in human rights as a Vietnam War protester in the 1970s and an antinuclear demonstrator in the 1980s. After a tenure with Amnesty International, he joined HRW in 1990. During his 13 years at HRW, Jendrzejczyk campaigned against abusive security forces in Asia, rallied assistance to North Korean refugees and defended the rights of members of minority religions...
...hottest movie in vietnam has a surprise twist: it's government propaganda. When Bar Girls was released in February, ticket lines went around the block, and eager filmgoers paid triple price to scalpers. The morality play about prostitution has taken in $1 million to become Vietnam's highest-grossing film ever, smashing records set by Korean and Hollywood imports. Not bad for a cadre-dominated movie industry in which the People's Army runs the major studio and one of last year's most acclaimed films is titled Hai Binh Builds a Hydropower Plant...
...lingering looks up their skirts. Pleased with the antidrug message, censors allowed an unprecedented amount of skin and sin. Sure, there are gritty scenes of vomiting in toilets and a heroin overdose, but there are also two catfights (one in mud), girls in bikinis jumping up and down, and Vietnam's first government-approved topless shot. "It's true I focused on the entertainment value of the film," says director and co-writer Le Hoang. "If your film is not appealing enough, your propaganda efforts will fail...
...clearly intended to prevent more dire consequences to the larger community. In my own experience, my entire college was quarantined for several months as a result of a polio outbreak. The policies of CDC and WHO and the University are under constant review. It was predictable that Toronto, like Vietnam, would soon be able to show that they have stopped SARS transmission within and beyond their borders for 20 days; that is unlikely to be the case soon in China. In my view, the value question raised by SARS is whether individuals within this University will be willing to forgo...