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...decided to ignore the National Day of Unplugging - a 24-hour break from the Internet, TV, iPods, GPS and phones - on March 19 largely because I thought it was stupid. I hate those acts of righteous self-denial that people do just so they can brag about them: health cleanses, bow hunting, reclaiming your virginity. So when the organizers called me the following week and asked if I would participate as the first in a series of celebrity unpluggers, I immediately thought, This is a fantastic idea. If it went well, I'd be trading 24 hours offline for hundreds...
...Crimson’s ever-strong doubles play resulted in a 1-0 lead to start off, as the Harvard No. 1 team came through with a 9-8 victory and the No. 2 team held off break point after break point...
Chijoff-Evans rebounded from a 6-0 loss in the first to win the next two sets, 6-4, 6-4. His opponent, Charlie Brosens, made only one unforced error in the first eight games and was up a set and a break when the Crimson junior began coming back...
Quincy resident Marcelo Cerullo '10 said he had heard a rumor that someone set off the fire extinguisher in order to break up a fight in the hallway...
...ease with which the protesters defeated a combined force of police and soldiers at the television station raised speculation over whether the security forces fully support the Prime Minister. Both the Prime Minister and his security chiefs have appeared reluctant to use force to break up the protests, but results of an online poll by the English-language Bangkok Post newspaper said that nearly 60% of respondents supported the use of force to end the demonstrations...