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...rabbit-hole-sized opening in a low embankment. After piling dried leaves and twigs in front of the burrow, he digs out a box of matches and sets the kindling alight, producing a thick cloud of white smoke. If the pangolin, a scaly anteater that looks like a cross between an armadillo and an opossum, isn't smoked out of its lair soon, Jema'ah (who like most Indonesians goes by one name) will set off again through the forest, clutching a shopping list of animals that he has been instructed to seek out by a dealer in illegal wildlife...
Surprisingly, the defendants were allowed to cross-examine and call witnesses, but that did not affect the verdict. Even though the testimony of the prosecution’s witnesses was laughably unreliable, the alleged slave ringleaders were convicted and burned alive at the stake. The white mastermind, Hughson, was hanged. In terms of the fairness of the proceedings, the trials resembled less “Law and Order” than “Judge Judy...
...Crimson begins its pursuit of the Ivy title on Ohiri Field this Saturday against the Quakers. As 1-0 winners against Harvard last year, though now playing without graduated senior Katy Cross ‘05, the all-time leading scorer in school history, Penn will be the first conference opponent for Harvard this year, and thus represent a unique challenge...
...read: pass) is well known, had made no secret of his desire to focus on minimizing Hartigan’s effectiveness in the days leading up to the second-week showdown. And why should he have? Only days earlier, the Crimson’s unexpectedly solid defense blanked Holy Cross while surrendering just 61 yards on the ground. Surely it could do the same against the Bears, which entered play that Saturday with no passing game to speak...
BOSTON—After going down to the wire with Boston College in its season opener, the Harvard women’s volleyball team gave another cross-town rival a run for its money before falling short...