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Theses are difficult enough for those who tread the beaten path of academese. Relying on her own creativity instead of an annotated bibliography, Cep is writing a novel...
...ruling a certain way. It may also attract attention from more powerful government organs that pressure the institutions beneath them to comply with the law and settle out of court or even change laws and policies. In 2003, for example, a lawsuit by relatives of Sun Zhigang, a man beaten to death in police detention after being arrested for not carrying his ID card, provoked an intense public outcry, especially on Chinese Web sites. Three months after Sun's death, the State Council abolished the rules that had allowed police to detain the man in the first place. "The best...
...16th season at the school is currently the longest tenured coach in the Ivy League and the longest tenured in the Crimson’s history, has stated that the talent base of the league in general is no longer what it was, and Ivy teams have been beaten soundly in their recent forays into the NCAA tournament. This lessening in overall talent could conceivably lead to a lessening in the gap between the top and bottom teams, but that parity has to this point not appreciably weakened the power of the dual league juggernauts. Attendance is also a major...
...three CRW soldiers who survived beatings give a chilling insight into what might have happened. The soldiers "seized me at gunpoint and handcuffed my hands behind my back," said Sergeant Viliame Lotawa of the night he was taken from the police station. "I was punched, kicked and beaten with blunt objects such as rifle butts and iron rods. I was beaten all the way to [Queen Elizabeth Barracks]." Lotawa says his attackers included a former Fijian rugby international, Sergeant Jack Komaitai. Komaitai told Time last week there was no truth to the allegation. Another survivor, Metuisela Railumu, told the court...
...letting them control the puck too much in our zone,” Chu said. “Once we give them a little space, they have enough talent at forward to get good opportunities.” In Providence, Harvard has an opponent that it has beaten in five of their last six contests but one that owns a 22-12-3 lifetime record against the Crimson. After pulling off an upset of then-No. 9 BC last weekend, the Friars have shown that they are a team that can offer top squads a challenge. “Providence...