Word: 36th
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...after the 36th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, President Barack Obama repealed a Reagan-era policy that prohibited foreign nongovernmental family-planning groups from receiving U.S. funds if they provided abortions or even lobbied for abortion rights in their country. It is an action his abortion-rights supporters have waited eight years for and one they had encouraged him to waste no time taking. But by first issuing a statement urging support for common-ground efforts to reduce abortion rates and then waiting to sign the Executive Order late on a Friday afternoon - a time...
...Yuan, who's worked mostly in the States, has a lovely gravity otherwise missing from the enterprise. And it's always great to see Liu, who bounded onto the Hong Kong screen as the head-shaved star of such '70s action classics as Challenge of the Masters and The 36th Chamber of Shaolin; his lingering impact in these roles led ex-fanboy Quentin Tarantino to cast him as a mob potentate in Kill Bill, Vol. 1 and as the white-bearded Pai Mei in Kill Bill Vol. 2. Now in his early 50s, Liu still looks sinewy topless. This time...
...Wyndham has just opened two Garden Hotels nearby, with high-tech "Smart Chairs" designed by Michael Graves in the lobby (the chairs have swiveling tables and built-in electrical outlets and Internet ports), anti-allergy guest rooms and organic breakfasts. At the Wyndham Garden Midtown Convention Center (341 West 36th Street), rates start at $179 per night; at the Wyndham Garden Chelsea (37 West 24th Street), rates start...
...came back with essentially no training and was able to jump in quite well.” Basilico put up a total of 28 points and Kinner contributed 43 to Harvard’s team total of 407. Also back in action was freshman Margie Thorp, who placed 36th in the slalom. Thorp’s return boded well for Harvard in the GS, as she finished second-fastest for the Crimson behind 48th place captain Alexandra Teng in the GS. Teng’s two runs combined for a time less than a second faster than Thorp, who finished...
...said men’s alpine captain Matt Basilico. Captain Oliver Burruss recorded the top times for the men’s Nordic team in the 10K freestyle and 10K classic, finishing 42nd and 59th, respectively. Women’s alpine captain Alexandra Teng and sophomore Tess Wood finished 36th and 37th, respectively, in the slalom event on Saturday. Basilico recorded the best performance for Harvard in the slalom on the men’s side, finishing in 37th place. Just a few steps behind him was sophomore Chris Kinner, who skied to a 38th-place finish. The balmy local...