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...Tassio was knocked to the ground by a bull, then got up again and was struck by a second animal - a violation of the axiom that runners should remain on the ground if they get knocked down. Many people are injured each year, by both the animals and the crush of sprinters frantically making their way to the bullfighting arena on slippery cobblestones. Observers say foreigners - especially, for some reason, Americans - are most likely to be injured. "Americans come here with the image of The Sun Also Rises and just don't realize how dangerous it is and how easy...
...Melody St. Ann Celestine (Evan Rachel Wood), who might be as old as 20 and who's run away from her Mississippi family to end up homeless in Manhattan. She talks her way into a stay in Boris' place, and in a trice, she has kind of a crush on him. They get married...
...thugs at the forefront of the effort to crush protests against Iran's election result have been the Basij militia, which has waded into opposition crowds with flailing batons. This 2005 piece by TIME's Azadeh Moaveni explains the origins of the group, which comprises thousands of young men organized into neighborhood militias. "The militia, whose name means mobilization in Persian, was created by Ayatullah Khomeini in the 1980s to recruit young men to fight against Iraq. But a decade later, they took on the role of an official morality police, becoming better known for raiding parties than for raiding...
Analysts believe that the militants are intent on spreading violence in attempts to seek revenge and break down the fragile public consensus behind the army's fight against the Taliban. Though the Pakistani army, political class, and broad sections of the population have displayed a new resolve to crush the Taliban, there are also worries that if the challenge posed by the alarming refugee crisis is not tackled soon, that support could start to dissipate...
...Harvard women for the purpose of building friendships and a strong system of support on campus and in the world beyond. [5]In closing, it’s graduation. You have one final chance to hook up with that girl or guy that you’ve had a crush on since freshman year. And if your hook up says, “Sure, but the Tweety bird shirt stays on,” just roll with it. It’s worth it. ;^)If only you had known that earlier, how much you would sing.[1] It takes...