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...That wasn't always so. Conventional wisdom has long held that Vietnam's communist north may have won the war 30 years ago, but the capitalist-friendly south won the peace. If you wanted to sip lattes by a lake or meet government bureaucrats, laid-back Hanoi was the place to be. Those serious about making money went to Ho Chi Minh City, with its bustling boulevards and entrepreneurial business culture. As recently as three years ago, Ho Chi Minh City (still informally called Saigon) took in 30% of the country's foreign direct investment (FDI) and generated...
...observes that the University’s Muslims would never have allowed such a thing, she seems to ignore the fact that “turning the other cheek” is a reaction explicitly recommended by her own religion. Perhaps we should be applauding Christians who have the wisdom to react this way rather than interpreting their lack of outrage as a sign that Christianity at Harvard is embattled and weak. ALEXANDER B. LEMANN ’06 April...
...Simon Cowell/Ryan Seacrest-hybrid host of “American Dreamz,” who is one of the movie’s highlights.Dennis Quaid plays President Stanton, a dead-ringer for George W. Bush, who wears a constant expression of befuddlement on his face and offers pearls of wisdom like, “Hey, did you know there’s two kinds of Iraqistanies?” and “I’m not going out there, G-darnit!” Stanton, who is played by Quaid as borderline retarded, is manipulated by the evil...
...first girl I ever liked, my father gave me life-changing advice: “Just be direct,” he told his eleven-year-old son. I now find that at Harvard, the Undergraduate Council (UC) should take note of my father’s wisdom. It is time our Harvard representatives think beyond their personal interests and change the voting system that governs general—not presidential—campaigns and elections. The UC is currently divided into three committees: Student Affairs Committee, Campus Life Committee, and Finance Committee. Representatives choose where to serve according...
...don’t because, thanks to the silent acquiescence of TBTN and groups you might expect to stand up to such behavior, they go unchallenged.And in the case of the Catholic Schoolgirl party, the prevailing logic goes that it’s simply inappropriate to question the wisdom of an 18-year-old who would don short-cut, plaid skirts, get as drunk as she wants, and put herself in danger.Rape has existed forever. But it’s safe to say that there has been more “date rape” these past several decades than...