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...Better Homes and Gardens?), Stallone decided to set the film in Burma, shooting in Thailand and struggling to cast real Burmese, many of whom feared reprisals against family in their home country. Stallone says he regularly got threats from people associated with the Burmese government. "They were like my wake-up calls," he says. "They were very polite. 'This film will not be made, and if it is, people will be killed.'" He borrowed a Thai princess's armored vehicle to travel to the set, and at one point, people who worked with him on the movie say, he wanted...
...motor vehicle. In 1962 he began working to better the lives of the Sherpas who had so often helped him. His Himalayan Trust built schools and clinics and restored monasteries. The numbers of people - many almost totally reliant on Sherpa guides - who flocked to Everest in his wake left him uneasy. "Everest, unfortunately, is largely becoming a money-making concern," he said in 1992. "If you are reasonably fit and have $35,000, you can be conducted to the top of the world...
...might be a little different. Thoughts may be in the valley rather than the hills. A year ago, subprime had not entered the lexicon of the nightly news, and most Americans probably thought that "credit crunch" was a breakfast cereal. We all know better now. In the wake of the report that December's U.S. unemployment rate had jumped to 5%, the highest level in two years, the Bush Administration and Congress, Republicans and Democrats, started falling over themselves trying to find a politically acceptable stimulus package. With a recession in the American economy looking to be imminent, the tireless...
...violence in Kenya continues in the wake of last month’s disputed election, Kenyan students and faculty are putting aside their own views on the political situation there in an effort to provide humanitarian support. About 15 students, faculty, and community members met yesterday to discuss plans for immediate emergency relief and outreach efforts, including a concert in Boston. Since December’s presidential election, more than 700 people have been killed, and thousands more have been displaced. John M. Mugane, a professor of African languages who chaired the meeting, said that the plight of refugees affected...
...preceptor in the Classics Department, changed her Greek Aa textbooks and the timing of quizzes based on student responses.Other professors have also found ways to integrate feedback into their curriculum. Tobias Ritter, whose Chemistry 30 class received a difficulty rating of 4.5 last year, said the numbers were a wake-up call.“I realized that students have a lot of work,” Ritter said,Ritter said that this year he tried to provide “additional help” for his students to ease the workload.But students said they often experience the opposite effect...