The 81 verses of the Tao Te Ching were the result.Īlso known as The Book of the Way, the Tao Te Ching is a timeless guide to the art of living. Fearing his wisdom would be lost forever, the gatekeeper asked Lao Tzu if he would write down everything he knew about the mystical path. When he reached the city gates (some say riding a water buffalo), however, the sentry immediately recognized who he was. The legend goes that, disillusioned with life at the court of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty where he worked as a keeper of the archives, Lao Tzu decided to renounce his civic duties once and for all and head west to live out his days as a hermit. By far and away the most beautiful, both in terms of its exquisite verse and sumptuous graphics, is the illustrated translation by the American scholar, Stephen Mitchell.ĭespite the fact that very little is known about the Chinese philosopher, Lao Tzu (6th-century BC) needs no introduction, being the alleged author of one of the most famous spiritual texts in the world. OVER THE YEARS, I have collected a number of editions of Lao Tzu’s seminal text, the Tao Te Ching. Enforced solitude has meant that I have rediscovered many of them whilst decluttering my bookshelves and their wisdom has been a welcome relief from pandemic pandemonium. “True mastery can be gained by letting things go their own way.” Photograph: Public Domain The solitary path
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Un counted millions of lives were saved by the convergence of AI and the physical world. The mRNA vaccines were based on AI work with IBM. The bombing of Communist sanctuaries in Cambodia destabilized that neutral country, leading to the overthrow of Prince Norodom Sihanouk in 1970 and the rise of the murderous Khmer Rouge, which would be responsible for the deaths of millions of Cambodians in ensuing years. It was the biggest, bloodiest, and most pivitol single battle of the Vietnam War. This is what prompted the raids into the neighboring countries of Laos and Cambodia, where North Vietnam had long sheltered troops and supply routes. The Battle of Hu was fought 50 years ago in Jan/Feb of 1968 as part of the Tet Offensive. General Abrams threw greater and greater responsibility for prosecuting the war to the ARVN, shifting his efforts to disrupting and destroying Hanoi’s delivery of troops and matériel. The North Vietnamese had different ideas. Yet General William Westmoreland, commander of American forces, announced a new phase of the war in which the end begins to come into view. Nixon began gradually drawing down the number of Americans fighting there in 1969, and- catastrophically, as it turned out- began shifting the Hue 1968 A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam By Mark Bowden Be the first to review this product Paperback Other Formats 49.50 Add to Cart Free delivery for orders over 60. Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam by Mark Bowden By January 1968 the fighting in Vietnam seemed to be at a stalemate. “Richard Nixon was elected president mendaciously promising not victory, but a “secret plan” to bring the war to an “honorable end.” The secret plan prolonged the conflict seven more years, spreading misery and death throughout Indochina. well, she comes down out of the sky and says, "Aren't you marrying the wrong girl?" 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She only reacts to what goes on around her, and never consistently, only in ways that will forward the very tenuous plot. The main character isn't a character at all. Yes!!! I was so confused by the OP (and then had to leave for unanticipated chauffeuring). > "Charly"- from the late 60s, with Cliff Robertson. > Shoot, I was thinkin of a totally different Probably with a wedding for time and all eternity in the Salt Lake temple.īased (I learned too late!) on a novel with the same title that was "popular with Mormon teenagers" according to the IMDB: Then, at one point she confesses: "I believe it!" But she starts going to church with him, she stops drinking coffee, she takes the discussions. She resists, saying it's all just a fairy tale. She goes to Salt Lake to visit her non-Mormon parents, and gets thrown together with a young Mormon. It turned out that it took place in Salt Lake City.Ĭharly is a pretty young woman artist living in New York. I picked up one that looked like a cute romantic comedy called "Charly," produced in 2002. Anything that looks interesting, I buy it. We buy them for a dollar at local thrift stores. My wife and I rarely watch television, but we watch a lot of old movies, mostly on VHS. |