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Streed notes that there is a rough parallel between the lives of the refugees, and Lon Nol, whose overthrow of Prince Norodom Sihanouk accelerated Cambodia's slide into disaster.
Cambodia Book Reviews: Leaving the House of Ghosts by Sarah Streed 2008
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Streed also deserves credit for presenting the refugees as human beings, complete with human flaws.
Cambodia Book Reviews: Leaving the House of Ghosts by Sarah Streed 2008
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In many cases, Streed notes, a "generational dissonance" is almost inevitable as younger Cambodians, born in America, are assimilated into American society faster than their parents and grandparents.
Cambodia Book Reviews: Leaving the House of Ghosts by Sarah Streed 2008
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There is a very memorable moment in the book, when Streed describes a refugee arriving in in the United States:
Cambodia Book Reviews: Leaving the House of Ghosts by Sarah Streed 2008
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"My family's actions," Streed writes, "seemed somewhat akin to putting a landmine in a neighbor's back yard, and then, upon hearing an explosion, quickly running over to drive the neighbor to the emergency room."
Cambodia Book Reviews: Leaving the House of Ghosts by Sarah Streed 2008
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Streed points out one of the problems of relying solely on refugee accounts to paint a clear picture of the history of their lost homeland.
Cambodia Book Reviews: Leaving the House of Ghosts by Sarah Streed 2008
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Streed is careful to note that the horrors of Cambodia did not begin and end with the Khmer Rouge.
Cambodia Book Reviews: Leaving the House of Ghosts by Sarah Streed 2008
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The office most recently had two lawyers, John Clifford and Mark Streed, and served about 250 clients, said paralegal Joy Klasinski.
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"With this economy we really started paying even more attention to some of our members who were struggling with whether to be members," Streed said.
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Adam Streed (UCSD) shows how sequential art can be used to illustrate Bertrand Russell's paradox, detailed in Logicomix, in various ways that are impossible outside the comics medium.
Comic Book Movie 2010
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