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...banners marched to bhangra beats, breaking into Bollywood-style pelvic thrusts and bust-heaving from time to time. Starting from Barakhamba Road in the heart of the city's business district - at which point the media seemed to outnumber the marchers - they walked 2 km to Jantar Mantar, an 18th century astronomical observatory that has become the unlikely hub of sundry protests in India's capital. Along the way, they were joined by NGO workers and advocates of all causes, droves of tourists and resident expatriates, and a handful of curious onlookers, all shouting "British Law Quit India!" They were...
...history-filled day also saw Eton and Harrow match up for the 18th time as well as the 105th playing between Cambridge and Oxford. The latter schools met for the first time in November...
...sitter, the ball took a hop and he chipped it straight up in the air. It was comically bad finishing, and the kind of break that makes you think that things weren't going to go right for Germany. Austria pressed for a goal of their own in the 18th minute, and Erwin Hoffer blew an opportunity that told you this wasn't going to be an evening of miracles for Austria, either. The game soon settled into banality, with the Germans blocking one attempted cross after another, effectively stifling the Austrian attack, but not doing much themselves...
...Class of 2008 by First Class Marshall Alexander J. Tennant ’08, spoke briefly on the advantages of leaving University housing behind and the tasks ahead of the graduates.Summers, who recently returned from a week in Israel with his wife and step-daughter, recalled attending the 18th birthday party of a friend’s child during the trip and hearing the teenagers discuss their impending conscription into the armed forces. (Israel requires men and women to serve time in the military upon reaching the age of majority.)Speaking before a crowd of about 100, the former president...
...three holes, and it probably won us the tournament,” sophomore Greg Shuman said. “When you perform that well under pressure, it’s a thing to see.” The team had a less-than-auspicious start to the year, finishing 18th in a field of 18 schools at the McLaughlin in September. Rallying to take fifth at the MacDonald Cup at Yale and then ninth at the fall’s focal point, the ECAC Division I Championships, the team had yet to see a player make a top 15 individual...