Word: 18th
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...often delivered by a fist of hemp rubbed in ground glass. Nevertheless, tournaments are tolerated, partly because Muay Thai has a place in the country's history. Siamese soldiers perfected the martial art in the 16th century, and Thais have been flooring Burmese since as long ago as the 18th century, when soldier Nai Khanom won his freedom from captors by defeating 12 top Burmese fighters. To this day, many Thais ascribe their status as the sole unconquered Asian nation to Muay Thai...
...Despite the contributions of the underclassmen this year, Harvard will miss its departing seniors. Besides Jonas' heroics between the pipes, Steve Moore was right behind his younger brother among team scorers with 33 points. He leaves 18th on Harvard's alltime list in points for a career...
Primm, McKenna and senior Roger Buttles earned All-Ivy Honorable Mentions. McKenna ended up 14th in the nation in save percentage (.607) and made 170 saves this season. He was ranked 18th in his goals-against average...
...Suites for Unaccompanied Cello.” Choreographer Mark Morris, Olympic figure skaters Torvill and Dean, filmmaker Atom Egoyan, a Kabuki actor and a landscape designer worked with Ma on different suites to create what The Washington Post called an “18th-century music video...
...ancestors, who remind us that we have a duty to put our education from this august institution to good use. While many schools have abandoned requirements that students read the seminal works of Shakespeare, Milton, Wordsworth and other dead white males, Harvard requires one Shakespeare course and two pre-18th century classes of its English concentrators. The weekly Lowell House teas where students sip hot cider and tea and munch on scones, the formal dinners with professors and members of senior common rooms—remnant of an older Harvard—compel us to take time from our busy...