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Members of the Adams House community gathered last night to mourn the death of Jamin B. Wilson ’04, a U.S. Air Force first lieutenant who was killed in a car accident Thursday on his way to work at the Spangdahlem Air Base in western Germany...
Travelling from his base, Wilson snowboarded in the Austrian Alps, hang-glided over Swiss lakes, and ran with the bulls in Pamplona, according to an article he wrote last fall for the newsletter of his MIT-headquartered ROTC detachment. But he emphasized in the article that he enjoyed his time on duty as much—if not more—than his off-duty adventures...
...just the Americans in Spangdhalem who forged close friendships with Wilson. “He lived on the second story of a home with a German lady,” said longtime friend Tyler S. Stoehr. “He wanted to live off of the Air Force base so he could have an authentic German experience...
...median base salary for the entire Class of 2006 was $105,000, according to the HBS Web site...
...boldness abroad hasn't been matched at home, where doubts over his zeal for reform are wrecking his approval ratings. Conceivably, Abe may try to energize his conservative base by visiting Yasukuni himself-a move that would anger China and South Korea, making it even harder to forge a unified strategy for dealing with North Korea and its nuclear weapons. Will he resist the allure of nationalism? "Abe likes to say: 'There is a strong point that I have,'" says Hiroshige Seko, the cabinet's top spokesperson. "'I tend to be perceived as softer than I am.'" In 2007, Japan...