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...Fake Accompli If you've ever been tempted to steal a broken bit of statuary or shove ancient temple stones in your backpack, you'll be thrilled to know you can now play tomb raider without risking ugly scenes at the airport or a one-way trip to some bug-infested jail. At Artisans D'Angkor, tel: (855-63) 964097, off Siem Reap's Sivatha Boulevard, talented youngsters turn out gorgeous wood and stone replicas of famous Khmer art. A mere $500 will get you a 50-centimeter-tall Jayavarman VII head. But be warned: it's authentic sandstone...
...four-foot long ball python with a syringe hanging out of its abdomen around a dorm room. Charlie was not amused. Neither was I. After 12 more shots, hundreds of dollars on vet bills and many subway trips to the vet hospital with a snake poking around my backpack, Charlie passed away. I breathed a guilty sigh of relief...
...retribution. This, I believe, was also a reasonable position. What I do not think was a reasonable position was that of a fair number of Harvard students who decided to rally against military action in Afghanistan. One fellow Dunster House resident, for example, sewed a peace sign on his backpack along with the message “God Bless Afghanistan.” Call it a hunch, but I feel like something was missing from this student’s political outlook. As for his moral outlook, well, let me just say that I’m glad...
...Worried that a U.S.-Iraq war will radicalize other young Muslims living in the U.S., FBI behavioral scientists are searching for psychological cues that someone could become a suicide bomber. Additionally, federal and local law-enforcement officers are closely tracking thefts of explosives, such as those used in Hamas backpack bombs, and unusual sales of fertilizer, chemicals and fuel that could be used to make a truck bomb...
...intersection of Mass. Ave. and Bow St., two march participants stop to ask Divinity School student Kyle M. Hall whether he will manage the long walk ahead. He hurt his ankle while running last week and is hopping up the street with crutches, carrying a backpack and two water bottles on his back...