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...person unit responsible for subduing an obstreperous detainee. Four soldiers each take a limb; the fifth takes the head. The soldiers are supposed to apply pressure to sensitive points on the body if necessary to restrain the inmate, but, Saar reports, it is not unusual for detainees to be beaten. The names of detainees and personnel who worked with Saar were changed to protect their privacy...
...minute. But the phoniness of that rapprochement was on display at Taipei's Chiang Kai-shek International Airport the morning Lien boarded the plane. Hundreds of pro-independence supporters, accusing Lien of "selling out Taiwan," clashed with his well-wishers. Fists, stones and eggs were thrown. Old men were beaten to the ground. One man was struck with a nunchaku, the martial-arts fighting weapon. Afterward, tough-talking Vice President Annette Lu described the incident as "unfortunate," but said she wasn't too displeased about the international news coverage?because it emphasized that Taiwan was not united behind Lien...
...Harvard coach Jenny Allard’s tenure, the Crimson softball team has never beaten the University of Massachusetts...
...squad of its first Haines Cup victory since 2001, when Harvard won the national title. The last time the Crimson claimed the Haines Cup, Harvard’s seniors were still in high school. Only one Harvard boat—the second varsity in 2004—had beaten Navy in a dual race in four years...
...realized that listening to Mice Parade—with its beautiful, lush arrangements, its off-the-beaten-path rhythms and its ambitious song lengths—made me crave something dumb, something fast, something to the point; specifically, “Can’t Stand Losing...