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...house” and “disturbing the peace.” They were taken to the Brighton station together in a BPD paddy wagon. Cole alleges that he got a black eye because officers purposely “slammed the gas pedal like we were on a drag strip and later slammed the brake,” causing him to be thrown around in the back with the other prisoners...
...million peasants, including Chen, who is tight-lipped about this coming progress. "If you think the dam is bad," he says, "best you don't say anything at all." He's far more voluble about the old path, which will also be submerged, and the way he used to drag the boats upstream. "If the current was strong, the lead man would go forward and put a hook in a stone," he says, "and then all 20 or 30 of us would drive forward at once...
Without a boat to drag, the walk along the Qutang towpath only takes four hours. A sampan carries us to the north side of the Yangtze, where the path runs some 50 m above the late-summer waterline. About 1.5 m wide, it's paved with well fitting flagstones running westward through light brush. Only a few sections have crumbled since its completion in 1900, a sharp contrast to most roads in the area. Below us are traces of lower trails, narrow and treacherous paths used by workmen who needed to be closer to the river. Short, granite pillars line...
...quick ground operation. After less than two weeks, the Pentagon was claiming that its bombs had "eviscerated" the Taliban's military capability. But last week that optimism faded. Dreams of a hit-and-run war gave way to the reality of a long twilight struggle that seems sure to drag into the Afghan winter. After more than 3,000 American bombs, the Taliban still has plenty of fight left in it; Taliban troops have thwarted a Northern Alliance offensive at Mazar-i-Sharif; civilian deaths are climbing; and many coalition partners--most crucially Pakistan--have grown impatient...
What most of my peers are missing out on: chicken fights and games of Red Rover on Saturday mornings, obscenities chanted in unison, trips on the raunch bus, drag parties, toga parties, no pants time (think about it...), stays at the Harvard Club of New York City (okay, on the floor), random trips to Florida and Minnesota, parades where kids dress up as ducks, great seats at official University events, alcohol, the love of the athletic department, the respect of the administration and the appreciation of my fellow undergraduates for all that we do to cheer on other Harvard students...