Taiwan Journal, Part V and VI

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(5) Part V. June 15, 2012.
http://www.nationalreview.com/ar ... rt-v-jay-nordlinger

Note:
(a) Zek
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zek
(Zek may refer to: Zek (inmate), a Russian slang term for a prison or forced labor camp)
, which points to

White Sea – Baltic Canal
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Sea_–_Baltic_Canal
(A memory of the canal is also preserved in the Russian language, in the words "zeka", "zek, z/k" for "inmate")
(b) The journal probably quoted Mr Yen as saying, "Such an inspired and vital document, for all mankind (I daresay)."

daresay (vi): "AGREE, SUPPOSE—used in pres. 1st singular"
(c) The journal stated, "Meet Shaw-Chang Maa, of the Straits Exchange Foundation. Like Professor Yen, Dr. Maa is a Big Ten man: The former is a Boilermaker, the latter a Buckeye."
(i)  Shaw-Chang MAA, of the Straits Exchange Foundation  海基會副秘書長 馬 紹章
(ii) Big Ten Conference
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference
(United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference; Established 1896; Members 12)
(iii)
(A) boilermaker
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boilermaker
(b) Purdue Boilermakers
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purdue_Boilermakers
(iv) Buckeye
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckeye
(Buckeye may refers to tree, resident of Ohio, student of Ohio State University)


(6) Part VI. June 18, 2012
http://www.nationalreview.com/ar ... jay-nordlinger?pg=1

Note:
(a) A US national-security official was quoted as saying, "Only his hairdresser knows for sure.”
Clairol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clairol
(section 1 Alex’s industry makeover)
(b) Jing-Mei (Military) Detention Center  景美 (軍法) 看守所
, which is now Jing-mei Human Rights Memorial and Culture Park  景美人權文化園區
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6 ... 6%E5%9C%92%E5%8D%80
(c) The journal said, “Jing-Mei once contained a future mayor of an important Taiwanese city, and a future vice president.”

(i) Fan Cheng-hsiang, Martial Law-Era Prison to Reopen as Memorial Park. Taipei Times, Dec 3, 2007
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/ ... 07/12/03/2003390917
(“The idea of turning the detention center into a park was proposed by Vice President Annette Lu (呂秀蓮) and others who were imprisoned for political reasons during the Martial Law era”)
(ii) As for a mayor, it can be
(A) 陳菊
zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/陳菊
(1950- ; 高雄市長 2006- ; 美麗島事件 [Kaohsiung Incident]; 陳菊 "與呂秀蓮皆判處12年有期徒刑，初期仍收容於景美軍法看守所")
or (B) 張溫鷹
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BC%B5%E6%BA%AB%E9%B7%B9
(1950- ; 臺中市長 1997-2001)

仁愛樓看守所. 國家人權博物館籌備處, undated.
www.nhrm.gov.tw/NHRM/Code/jm_building08.aspx
("二樓左側同為押區，為雙排密閉式押房，可住3-4人，女性政治犯多羈押於此，例如呂秀蓮、陳菊、張溫鷹等人都曾住過此區")

(d) Lift Every Voice and Sing
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lift_Every_Voice_and_Sing
(e) Chong-Pin LIN/ Tamkang University  林中斌/ 淡江大學
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9E%97%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%8C
(1942; 祖籍廣東新會，於雲南昆明出生; 2003年到2004年擔任中華民國國防部軍政副部長 0under Pres Chen Shui-bian])
(f) Good Humor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Humor
(founded by Larry Burt in 1920 at Youngstown, Ohio; In 1961, Good Humor was acquired by Thomas J. Lipton, the US subsidiary of the international Unilever conglomerate)

Its ice cream trucks blare music to herald their arrival.