Word: easternism
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Some leaders sneak out of their country during an uprising; others become paralyzed by mass demonstrations. But when Uzbek oppositionists rose up in the eastern city of Andijan last week, Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov sent in the armor. Communications with Andijan were cut; foreign TV news broadcasts to Uzbekistan, including from Russia, were replaced with light entertainment. The insurrection started when a group of armed men raided a local military base for weapons, then hit the local jail. There they freed inmates, including 23 well-known local businessmen accused of belonging to Akromiya, an offshoot of the banned Islamist...
You’ve guessed it—it’s Sprints time. Tomorrow and Sunday, both the Radcliffe heavyweight and lightweight crews will be heading south and a little bit west to the watery track of the Cooper River down in Camden, N.J., for the Eastern Sprints showdown...
...name and the number had coincided for two full seasons, for two Eastern Sprints championships, and for two IRA national championships...
Just like last year, that trip to the dock must go through Princeton, which finished second to Harvard at last year’s Eastern Sprints. In an April dual race against the Tigers, the Crimson enjoyed its finest race of the season, overcoming an early six-seat deficit to come away with an emphatic, two-boat-length victory. Harvard, then No. 4, shot to No. 1 in the national polls and hasn’t let up since...
They’ve kept close company in dual races all season long, and a deep Eastern Sprints field is sure to guarantee them of quite a bit more contact with opposing crews...