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...part, Falun Gong continues to claim that it has no overarching political agenda. Still, the group has taken to describing Jiang Zemin as a "demon worshipper" infected with "Mad Power disease." And on January 1, its mysterious master, New York-based Li Hongzhi, upped the ante by releasing a curious scripture that appeared to allow violence in extreme cases when protesting ill treatment. For some Falun Gong followers, the words were a welcome call to arms. "It is not in Falun Gong's nature to be violent," says a retired teacher, who was arrested last year for her ties...
...always find that shopping period scrubs away the cynicism and the fatigue that build up over the course of the year. For a few days, we are once again brand new first-years: eager, passionate, curious and hopeful. There are hundreds of courses to choose from, and anything is possible. With our course catalog in one hand and the CUE Guide in the other, we set out on our academic journey...
...curious to see the way the Northern Irish society runs, the kind of segregation that happens there," Rosenbloom said. "It will be interesting to see how the religious conflicts cause the society to break down, how the peace treaties help to heal, and what happens on the individual level between people...
That's what enticed Louis Reilly, who had heard all sorts of things about Cuba and wanted to make up his own mind. "I've been curious about the culture for years," says Reilly, a retired lawyer who celebrated his 70th birthday in Pinar del Rio, a city about 80 miles southwest of Havana. "The fact that it was out of bounds to American travelers whetted my appetite. The warmth of the people, their music and their pride in achievement disabused me of any preconceived notions I may have had. I'd encourage people of all ages to visit...
...other tourist attractions were built, and soon thousands of Chinese day-trippers from neighboring Yunnan province were pouring over the border to visit them. Later I picked up an official tourism leaflet, written in Chinese, which described Mongla as "a beautiful and prosperous region (with) unique natural scenery and curious local customs." One of those curious customs was public executions. Lin governed his private fiefdom with medieval brutality. On one occasion three men suspected of plotting to assassinate him were dragged into the busy market and machine-gunned to death by his teenage bodyguards...