Word: bien
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...There is certain irony in the fact that the Abu Ghraib coincided with the 50th anniversary of the battle of Dien Bien Phu, in which Vietnamese guerrillas routed the French colonial army and took its surrender. Although Cold War considerations prompted the U.S. to get involved, in the end they proved no more adept than the French - or the Chinese hundreds of years earlier - had been in bending Vietnam to foreign will...
Fight of Their Lives Nguyen Ba To remembers the 56-day siege of dien bien phu: the hardiness of his fellow soldiers, artillery shells that exploded so close he could barely breathe, a buddy who died. Last week, the 73-year-old veteran returned to the site of the battle that led to France's withdrawal from Vietnam. "It's changed a lot," he said, scanning a parking lot jammed with motorbikes near a carefully preserved French bunker...
...serving, the ruling Communist Party commemorated the 50th anniversary of the French surrender with fireworks and dance performances. Military mastermind General Vo Nguyen Giap, 92, though shouldered out of the Party's inner circle in the 1980s, was back in the public eye, attending functions in Hanoi and Dien Bien Phu. The regime even delivered some true eloquence. "In the Vietnamese tradition," said Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem, "when you take a sip of water, you should remember the origin of the stream. The present generation has to remember those who made sacrifices on their behalf." ?By Phil Zabriskie/Dien...
Fight Of Their Lives Nguyen Ba To remembers the 56-day siege of Dien Bien Phu: the hardiness of his fellow soldiers, artillery shells that exploded so close he could barely breathe, a buddy who died. Last week, the 73-year-old veteran returned to the site of the battle that led to France's withdrawal from Vietnam. "It's changed a lot," he said, scanning a parking lot jammed with motorbikes near a carefully preserved French bunker. In a celebration both reverent and self-serving, the ruling Communist Party commemorated the 50th anniversary of the French surrender with fireworks...
...appropriately dressed in decorous attire—matching handbags and shoes, bien sûr—we entered the sanctity of the Bristol Lounge feeling as though we belonged. The Bristol Lounge is one of those rare gems that seems to transport you back to an age where ladies really did lunch, gentlemen smoked cigars and cucumber sandwiches were the snack-food of choice. Beacon Hill grandmothers luxuriated on overstuffed armchairs while their tow-headed grandchildren bounced up and down on equally comfortable, homey sofas. Near the elegant bar that lined one side of the room, harassed businesspeople took...