A Year in Pyongyang by Andrew Holloway Chapter One There are times in life when even the dullest and most complacent among us feel the need to make a change. It was at such a time in my life that a friend drew my attention to a job she had seen advertised on a Leeds University notice board. It was an unusual job in a little known country. The remuneration was not extravagant‚ but I estimated it would be sufficient for me to meet my ongoing commitments and save enough to tide me over
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WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE ... AND YOUNG PROLOGUE. In thy faint slumbers I by thee have watch ’d And heard thee murmur tales of iron wars ... -Shakespeare‚ Henry IV‚ Pan One‚ Act II‚ Scene 3 This story is about time and memories. The time was 1965‚ a different kind of year‚ a watershed year when one era was ending in America and another was beginning. We felt it then‚ in the many ways our lives changed so suddenly‚ so dramatically‚ and looking back on it from a quarter-century gone we are left in
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