Word: 27th
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...December, of being nothing more than a proxy for former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a bloodless army coup in 2006 and now faces corruption charges. (Earlier in August, Thaksin fled to England, claiming he will not receive a fair trial back home.) Meanwhile, on Aug. 27th, a Thai court issued arrest warrants for nine PAD leaders, charging them with insurrection, a crime that can carry the death penalty. The court orders followed a confrontational move by the group, who besieged a government-run television station. And yet, despite the high stakes, the Government House protests continue...
...transfer power from a man who believes he has got the divine right to rule forever and who does not respect the will of the people, because the will of the people was expressed clearly on March 29, and it will be reaffirmed again on the 27th of June. But still the remaining question is, Will he concede? Will he accept a smooth transition? That still remains a vexing question...
...Rubin succeeded Robert G. Stone, Jr. ’45 as a member of the Harvard Corporation, the University’s top governing board, in April 2002, following closely on the heels of Lawrence H. Summers’ selection as the 27th university president...
...regular season contest. The coaches and players can now turn their full attention to the NCAA tournament. After clinching the Ivy League title this past weekend with a 7-0 shutout of Brown, the Crimson celebrated with an encore performance against its last conference opponent. The title is the 27th in program history and the first since 2004. Harvard ends the 2008 season with an overall record of 15-6—7-0 in Ivy League play. As the final record showed, the whole team had a hand in the victory. “We?...
...something good when the words “steamrolled,” “smoked,” and “crushed” outnumber the more mundane “did well.” But then again, clinching the school’s 27th Ivy League men’s tennis championship and maintaining your unbeaten record in league play is a pretty good thing.For the No. 44 Harvard men’s tennis team (14-6, 6-0 Ivy), superlatives were in order this weekend, as they cruised past Brown 7-0 in Providence...