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...Mind Your Minder While the orchestra rehearsed, the government minders took the 80 mostly American journalists on a whirlwind tour of Pyongyang. Kim Il Sung, the late Great Leader, is still the dominant figure in the intense cult of personality that is North Korea. His image is everywhere, most prominently on an overlook where a gigantic bronze statue stands in front of the Korean Revolution Museum. After we boarded the buses, a group of about 40 North Koreans walked up and made their way to the statue. We were just about to leave, but again there was a journalists' revolt...
...chain-smoking. She is a member of the elite dance troupe charged with entertaining military top brass. Opposite are a lawyer and some business types. It's my turn to say something. I've played this game many times before with Chinese friends, but I'm lost in the whirlwind of jargon. Keen to avoid a bloodbath in the first round, I make a feeble plea for cool heads to prevail...
...holes. Junior co-captain Maria Larsson—the lone trained-epee fencer—and junior Lisa Vastola each notched a 2-1 mark on the day, while freshman walk-on Yunsoo Kim still failed to get the elusive first win. The squad now stands undefeated after a whirlwind week that involved all nine of its fall opponents. The tough and consistent competition included the first annual Beanpot and the typically elusive Nittany Lions. “I’d never beaten Penn State, I don’t think we’ve actually ever beat Penn...
...careful about who we select as the next president. The country faces serious crises over domestic and foreign policy, and we should all closely examine the new crop of candidates. More than any other election in recent history, this is not one to rush. A four-month whirlwind of platitudes and one or two manufactured scandals is not a substitute for the careful scrutiny the media, the Internet, and the politically aware public will put the candidates through. Some journalists and commentators complain that the campaign is too “tiring”, for the press and candidates...
...Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez recently slumped into the seat of the American embassy's air-conditioned van at the end of his third stint as tour guide to a group of U.S. lawmakers in as many months. He was weary from the whirlwind tour but hopeful that what he showed the members of Congress had convinced them that Colombia deserves and needs an FTA with the U.S. Since September Gutierrez has ushered 24 members of Congress to Colombia. U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab led a mission of six lawmakers...