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...crowd of 50 or so gathered in the posh rooftop residence of the Quincy House Masters on Thursday evening to celebrate the release of the book Protest Nation: Words that Inspired a Century of American Radicalism. Guests included undergraduates, alumni, graduate students, and faculty—mostly friends and acquaintances of authors Timothy P. McCarthy, Quincy House tutor and Lecturer on History and Literature, and John C. McMillian, Quincy House tutor...
...this 54-villa love den, which include ridiculously enormous beds (the largest measure four by two meters) and myriad bathing options (colossal indoor bathrooms, outdoor rain showers and hot baths). Space is the most ostentatious luxury. Depending on which villa you're booked into, you can expect broad rooftop verandas, sprawling patios or plunge pools so roomy they make a trip to the resort's communal pool seem pointless. If you do venture out, it will be to one of the six restaurants (Chom Tawan on the beach is best for lunch and sunset cocktails). (See 25 authentic Asian experiences...
...Practical I wanted to stand on my rooftop and read out Amanda Ripley's "Please Remain Standing" with a bullhorn [Jan. 11]. Not only is our climate of victimization mocked by our enemies, it gives our government justification for spending more and gives us another reason to feel powerless. Terrorists perceive and want to exploit us as soft, arrogant, self-righteous targets. Ripley's article shows us how, despite heroism by the likes of Jasper Schuringa, our government is still happy to oblige them. When did being proactive become so politically incorrect? William Gilchrist Whittier, Calif...
...wanted to stand on my rooftop and read out Amanda Ripley's "Please Remain Standing" with a bullhorn [Jan. 11]. Not only is our climate of victimization mocked by our enemies, it gives our government justification for spending more and gives us another reason to feel powerless. Terrorists perceive and want to exploit us as soft, arrogant, self-righteous targets. Ripley's article shows us how, despite heroism by the likes of Jasper Schuringa, our government is still happy to oblige them. When did being proactive become so politically incorrect...
...woman in the southwestern city of Chengdu lit her self on fire to protest an effort to tear down a commercial building that the authorities said was illegally constructed. State television broadcast footage, shot with a bystander's cellphone, showing the woman igniting herself on the structure's rooftop and flames rising up around her. The woman, Tang Fuzhen, died two weeks later from her injuries. And, on Dec. 14 in a suburb of Beijing, a man, attempting to prevent his home from being demolished to make way for a new development, soaked himself in gasoline then...