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...mid-1950s Japan, during the years after the country's devastating defeat in World War II, Prime Minister Ichiro Hatoyama believed his island nation should not become too subservient to the U.S. To make his point, he flew to Moscow to normalize relations with the Soviet Union. It was a bold stand to take at the opening of the Cold War - and one that ultimately failed. Despite Hatoyama's views, Japan locked itself firmly into the U.S. orbit, becoming America's key Asian ally...
Through a series of moves that will last until mid-May, MCB faculty members currently stationed in the Sherman Fairchild Biochemistry Building will vacate the premises to join other members of the department in the Biological Laboratories and the Northwest Science Building...
...Green Key Weekend” looms. The usual plan of attack for the three-day weekend includes a block party at Phi Delta Alpha fraternity and a lawn party at Alpha Delta. There used to be chariot races (just like in Ben-Hur!), but those were banned in the mid-1980s...
Wale: Obviously it isn’t directly or indirectly. I like the drums—the drums I normally pick for my beats kind of have that element. Mid-’90s go-go music is definitely a platform for my music...
...Ellis went into Senjaray in December of 2009 with a real head of steam. He gathered the town elders for a series of shuras and told them about all the goodies that could be headed their way if they agreed to stand with him against the Taliban. By mid-January, he had a written document in English and Pashtu, signed by 12 local elders, promising cooperation and listing the various programs they would soon see. There was the school, of course, and a new medical clinic, and a renovation of the bazaar; there were new police stations, solar-powered wells...