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...violence? Any policeman will attest that a typical career thief prefers to minimize violence, which raises pressure on the police to catch him and increases severity of the punishment if he is convicted. But young South African muggers and burglars don't just rob for the money. Many want to inflict pain on their victims, beating, raping or killing them. Of the 200,000 robberies every year, more than half are classed as "aggravated," meaning the victim was also assaulted. A friend warned me before I arrived in South Africa nine months ago, "This is political crime," meaning the violence...
...squat, short, and bloated creature, reminiscent of a turkey crossed with an albatross, stands immobile behind the glass in Harvard’s Natural History Museum. The display’s other extinct birds, such as the puffin-life Great Auk, attest to this one’s rarity. But Harvard’s dodo hides a darker secret.“It’s just a replica made from duck and chicken feathers,” said Jeremiah Trimble, the curatorial associate in ornithology at Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology who dusts the model from...
...fear its lack of balance might scare people away from a practice that offers far more benefits than drawbacks. Yes, yoga--like spinning and running--can be harmful if practiced incorrectly, but its history of more than 5,000 years and its millions of practitioners worldwide attest to its benefits. Besides building strength and flexibility, yoga has been shown to have a positive effect on depression, anxiety, insomnia and core physiology...
...first show in Winthrop on Friday.“I was just talking to my roommates one day, telling a joke, and they said, ‘You should try stand up.’”“MY LAUGH”As the comedians themselves attest, getting a slot on stage is far easier than succeeding on that stage.“My first show, I was terrible, I bombed,” Bohrer recalls. “I had a few good jokes, but I was completely nervous.”“Since...
...bolster undergraduate social life, the program dishes out $1,750 weekly to students who wish to host parties. In his letter, Pilbeam wrote that although he is “sympathetic to the goals of the program,” all recent reports by House officials and administrators attest to the fact that the program does not adequately ensure that students under 21 are not being served alcohol. Since the UC has not assumed responsibility in preventing this problem, the proverbial party is over.The Dean’s letter threw the student body into a tizzy, and house and student...