Word: browning
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British imperialists set the migrants up to be a bulwark between themselves and "barbaric" blacks. Class and race divisions were institutionalized and internalized. Asian settlers saw indigenous Africans as Calibans - as crude, lascivious and untrustworthy as The Tempest's half-man, half-demon. Africans, in turn, detested the brown interlopers. To them, Asian merchants were like Shylock: usurers and exploiters...
...Brits have all but given up on our disaffected youth. Their surly demeanor and vicious behavior represent a consummate failure of the Tony Blair-Gordon Brown era. The people who once famously claimed to be "tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime" chose instead to be even tougher on the victims of crime. Some young hooded lout threatens you or your family's safety, so you clip his ear, and an army of social workers springs to his defense, while the full might and majesty of the law are brought down upon you, with all the consequent personal...
...look to improve on last year’s fifth-place finish. The Ancient Eight will gather to play the Ballyowen Golf Course in Hamburg, N.J., a links-style golf course known for its few trees and fast, undulating greens. In this weekend’s tournament, Dartmouth and Brown, finished behind Harvard in fifth and sixth place, respectively. Yale, however, remains the team to beat. —Staff writer Elizabeth A. Joyce can be reached at eajoyce@fas.harvard.edu...
...Brown Daily Herald has reported that the Yale University police are part of a terrorism task force in Connecticut...
...Harvard track and field team continued to rack up personal bests this weekend at the Brown Invitational in Providence, R.I. Though the women finished fourth out of seven teams, and the men brought home seventh, there were several bright spots individually and the squad can have a lot to look forward to following this weekend. “It was a good meet for us,” Harvard coach Jason Saretsky said. “We were able to work on some things that need to get done. We had some great performances all around.”Senior...