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...around 6 p.m. on Nov. 15, Wei was sitting in his cell at the Nanpu New Life Salt Works Prison north of Beijing, when a prison official came in and ordered him to pack up immediately. He was given a down jacket and a suitcase but had to leave behind most of his books and letters. Meanwhile, security officers picked up Wei's closest relatives--his father, stepmother, elder sister, younger brother and a niece--and drove them to a People's Liberation Army border guards' hostel that was a stone's throw from Beijing International Airport...
...dissident if he was leaving voluntarily and explained that he might never be able to come back. Just before the 10:30 a.m. departure time, Woo Chan Lee, a U.S. embassy employee, strode to the gate not with his wife but with a tired-looking man in a down jacket. Only then was the Northwest crew told about the important passenger they would have on board the flight...
...costumes fare less well; in the first act, they are distinctly eccentric. Medbh's sweater and jeans and socks visibly dirty on the bottom form a convincing ensemble, but the black jacket, cherry skirt and purple print blouse that Catherine sports when walking in the door from New York decidedly fail to convey a sense of a city sophisticate. The overall effect is as if the actors had raided their closets for unworn apparel. (The actors' brogues are similarly patched together; although vaguely European, most of these accents are not from the Emerald Isle...
...most cases, it takes more than great hair. (Dr. K is the one, glorious exception.) Start with the essential winter coat. Finding the perfect winter jacket can take a lifetime of devoted shopping. However, the brutal Iowa winters of Dr. K's youth have taught her well--she never feels cold or looks bulky. The trick is to layer like a farm girl. When looking for the ultimate winter coat, try to resist the allure of poofy Michelin Man jackets and other high-tech numbers. Instead, bust out with several strata of cozy natural fibers...
...entryway of Massachusetts Hall. E. Fred Yalouris '71 was one of Young's advisees at the time and also remembers the man. "He was in his late fifties or early sixties--this was back in '67-'68--and he was dressed in wing-tipped shoes and a tweed jacket, very Ivy. The man came into B entryway one day and knocked on our door. He proceeded to sit and talk, always "very gracious and well-spoken." Young remembers that "he insisted that he had lived in B entry and that he had been roommates with Senator Saltonstall in the Class...