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That may be true, though the introduction of a 40-lb. beast outside your window doesn't exactly bring a sense of tranquillity. With their sharp teeth and long, muscular tail that can swat an errant primate from a couple of feet away, langurs are scary not just to smaller monkeys but also to humans. Khan says business is good, despite the recent proliferation of competitors. The company he works for employs 12 langurs, including the two he was using to guard our building a few weeks ago: Babby, an 8-year-old female with a young baby playing...
...climb the PTI building and try to raid its offices. One of my predecessors glued shut the windows in our office to keep the marauding animals out. The arrival of the langur took things to another level. With their sharp teeth and long, muscular tail that can swot an errant ape from a couple of feet away, langurs are scary to humans - not just a smaller rhesus monkey. Khan says business is good, despite the recent proliferation of competitors. The company he works for employs twelve langurs, including two that he was using to guard our building last week: Babby...
...easier for us,” said junior cornerback Steve Williams, who had the Crimson’s only turnover—an interception early in the third quarter—thanks in part to an anxious DiGiacomo in the backfield.“A lot of errant passes, a lot of rushed passes, the quarterback making throws he probably doesn’t want to make,” he said. “It just makes it easier as a defensive back.”The most recent defensive performance up front came on the heels...
...serves as one of only two seniors at the position, but through the Crimson’s opener against Holy Cross, they’ve filled in rather nicely. Sophomore inside linebacker Eric Schultz holds the team lead in tackles with eight, while Tully himself picked off an errant Crusader pass to go along with five tackles...
...emergency lender to countries suffering from economic shocks, such as sudden currency devaluation. During the Asian crisis, the IMF loaned billions of dollars to countries including Thailand, Indonesia and South Korea, where years of excessive borrowing and frenzied investment by a financially overstretched private sector (abetted by errant government policies) led to sharp economic reversals. While IMF intervention helped put those countries on the road to recovery, it was not without controversy. For example, the IMF initially urged governments to cut spending, but quickly reversed itself when it saw this would further slow damaged economies. The prevailing Asian view then...