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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...
...gunmen went straight for the cabanas on stilts over the water, which go for $720 per couple for two nights. They kicked down the doors and marched 20 guests out at gunpoint, including an eight-year-old Filipino boy and an American missionary couple who were celebrating their 18th wedding anniversary. Then the thugs started on the mini-bars and closets, grabbing sodas, nuts and chocolate, T shirts, lingerie and sunglasses. "Clothes were strewn around the rooms," says police Inspector Rodolfo Amurao. The raiders were heading for the resort kitchen when they were called back by their leader. "Enough, enough...
...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...
...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...