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Some of us are old enough to remember the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court confirmation battle. We were shocked when reports first surfaced that Thomas, a well-regarded former chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, was being accused of sexual harassment. But then we heard his accuser’s ever-changing and uncorroborated testimony, and we compared it with the testimony of a dozen close female colleagues who effusively praised Thomas as a boss known for how well he treated the women around him. We learned that his accuser Anita Hill’s testimony was contradicted by data and evidence. Thomas won his confirmation battle....

U.S. Stance Hardening Against North JULY 10, 2006 03:03 by Jung-Ahn Kim, Myoung-Gun Lee (credo@donga.com gun43@donga.com) On July 9, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, the chief U.S. negotiator for the six-party talks, referred to a series of missiles launched by North Korea as “Intimidation targeting not only the U.S. but also all [neighboring countries].” Hill, who is on his visit to participating countries of the six-party talks after the North Korean missile launch, reiterated so in an interview on the day with the Dong-A Ilbo at the residence of the U.S. ambassador to Korea in Jeong-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul...