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Greek city now called Thion; birth-place of Hercules.
Classic Myths Mary Catherine Judd
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They are good guys but cursed with what is obviously cowardice, said Lièvremont, who refused to address the side after the match and on Sunday night dropped Sébastien Chabal, Jérôme Thion, Yannick Jauzion, Clément Poitrenaud, Aurélien Rougerie and Sylvain Marconnet.
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Ponchaud, Thion, and Chandler highlight the Khmer Rouge's continuity with these traditional Khmer cultural features.
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Thion could, I think, be fairly described as a radical leftist.
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In 1972, Thion found rule in the villages lenient, and noted, "In the villages, people took part spontaneously, mostly because they were bombed and machine-gunned by the Lon Nol airforce."
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Historically, adds Thion, Cambodia has had a millennial model of revolution, promising wealth for all, invulnerability, and the leadership of a great ruler.
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I do not believe, however, that Thion himself has anything whatsoever to do with the content elsewhere on the site.
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Thion holds that, "the complete lack of full-fledged intermediary structures between the population of peasants and the higher authorities left the way open for the unfettered exercise of dictatorial power."
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* Note: I do not provide a hypertext link to the Serge Thion article because it is on an anti-semitic site.
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However, he said to himself, "Heaven helps those who help themselves;" or rather, according to the Southern proverb, Qui trabaillo, Thion li baillo -- "Who is diligent, God helps."
Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1891
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