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...Liberation Army in an uprising against the north. At rallies, the song "We Love Freedom" gave way to the more sobering "Blood-Stained Aura." This had been composed two years earlier as propaganda, commemorating the Chinese soldiers who fought in the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese conflict. Now the crowds sang the words in bitter reference to fallen students: "If I bid farewell and never return/ Will you comprehend? Will you understand...
Like any doting nonagenarian, López sang the praises of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. But she also recalled her opposition to Francisco Franco's authoritarian regime and grappled with contemporary political debates ranging from Basque separatism to Iran's nuclear ambitions. Her ingenuity and lively writing won her a sit-down in 2008 with Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero...
When the American GIs arrived they were astonished to find more than 900 children still alive, and the youngest was just three years old. And I'm told that a couple of the prisoners even wrote a Buchenwald song that many here sang. Among the lyrics were these: "...whatever our fate, we will say yes to life, for the day will come when we are free...in our blood we carry the will to live and in our hearts, in our hearts - faith." These individuals never could have known the world would one day speak of this place. They could...
...wanted to expand the interaction between the music department and undergraduates, Altchek added. The stress of planning and performing in the Class of 2007’s freshman musical—which Antoine produced—was palpable, according to Daniel A. Koh ’07, who sang in the show and lived in Thayer Hall with Antoine. But while people were tensing up about the next act, Antoine was backstage cracking jokes, Koh said. Antoine’s ex-girlfriend joked that this “sweet” personality got him a free pass...
...have patience because things that come easy for you, don’t come easy for most of us,’” Carolyn Sweet recalls telling her son. Once in the Navy, the Sioux City, Iowa native served as a nuclear submarine officer and sang in the Navy choir, once even performing for Queen Elizabeth, Mrs. Sweet says...