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Butt's lights have run hot and cold all season, and Saturday's weather did not help the confidence of the oarsmen. In spite of its talents, the Crimson has been experiencing difficulty in finding the consistency necessary to row a solid 2000 meter race...
...spite of past differences, Vellucci said he was inclined to overlook the Lampoon's recent misbehavior...
...from Seoul to Tokyo to Taipei, from Beijing to Bangkok to Kuala Lumpur. Japan's energy comes from a disciplined adherence to the hierarchical loyalties demanded by the ancient philosophy. In Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew reigns as a benevolent but stern patriarch. South Korea prospers because of -- not in spite of -- Park Chung Hee, the dictator who laid the foundations for his country's phenomenal economic expansion. Though Elegant does not quite make the argument, the Confucian ethic, with its emphasis on obedience, can justify the Tiananmen crackdown. Deng Xiaoping is said to have modeled China's reforms on Park...
...cold war adds new pressures. In spite of Gorbachev's insistence that there are no military solutions to East-West relations, his high command still tends to believe it is a zero-sum contest, a question of who prevails over whom. When Moscow loses the West wins, and vice versa. These days the Soviet Union is losing Eastern Europe and digging in hard to keep from losing one of its own republics. The U.S. is not only winning, many senior Soviet commanders feel, but gloating about the Soviet decline. "The American invasion of Panama was a gift for the generals...
...spite of the seemingly inexorable European settlement of the Pacific Coast, there are strangers in the Western paradise. Other peoples too have sought the "good country," though instead of crossing the continent, they have crossed an ocean; instead of looking back to Europe, they trace their bloodlines to Asia. The profound impact they have made on the West is a case study of the changes that will sweep the nation as it gradually moves beyond the melting pot. As Asians bring vitality and a renewed sense of purpose to the region, is history repeating itself with a twist? Just...