Word: watchful
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...realized life is great and people are awesome and life is worth living. People are having a tough time nowadays and I wanted to pass the story along and say, "Hey, don't give up. Life is good. Just keep believing and pushing and things will get better." (Watch TIME's video "In Mumbai, Wrestling...
...event was organized by the Harvard Students for Israel and sponsored by the Jewish National Fund and Media Watch International—a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing Israel’s image through accurate coverage...
...extraordinary meal. The Argentina-born Italian - a Michelin star holder and voted 2009's newcomer of the year by the Gault Millau guide - eschews the molecular-style cooking that is becoming rather ubiquitous in fine dining and instead prefers earthy textures and light, simple ingredients, unexpectedly layered. (Watch TIME's video "Bocuse d'Or: Americans in a French Food Fight...
...uncle last year for subversion against the state, the former police commander says, and his constant worry for his family still living in the North sends his gaze to the floor of his office in Seoul. But there were good times in Pyongyang too: evenings with friends when they watched smuggled South Korean soap operas and American films like Superman Returns and Titanic. "North Koreans love foreign dramas," says Myung, using an alias to protect his family living in the North. "Many people watch them in secret, even when the police have tried to stop...
...mean more and more students have started to defy the long-standing ban and get exposed to life outside the North's borders. One defector says that when students are caught, they buy cigarettes for police officers to escape labor sentences, and sometimes even give officers the bootleg to watch themselves. "I used to believe strongly what the government told us - that foreign films are crazy and violent. We used to be terrified of watching South Korean dramas," says one North Korean university student in Seoul, who remains sympathetic to the regime. "But I've opened my mind." At least...