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...decided to stop sending out threat warnings to put the nation on the alert - "How could we be on higher alert than we are?" says one agent. But privately, the agency remains intensely worried about Al Qaeda schemes poised to erupt like fireworks around the sacred moment of Al-Qadr, the Night of Power, when Mohammed received the first words of the Koran from Allah. The precise date of the Night of Power, or Night of Destiny, changes from year to year, but it is celebrated during the last ten days of the Muslim holy month or Ramadan, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the FBI Sweats Through Ramadan | 12/8/2001 | See Source »

...Crimson sideline that earned the right to erupt in celebration. Junior forward Philomena Gambale scored the game winner eight minutes into overtime to give Harvard (5-4, 2-0 Ivy) a 2-1 come-from-behind victory over the Huskies (9-3), the top-ranked team in New England...

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Field Hockey Stuns Huskies in OT | 10/11/2001 | See Source »

Though spontaneous debates sporadically erupt between strangers and amateur theologians, who cluster around the subway entrances off 14th Street, New Yorkers in lower Manhattan seem to have devoted more time to mourning and recovering than to contentious political rallies...

Author: By Mandy H. Hu, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: New York Grieves, Resumes Daily Life | 9/19/2001 | See Source »

Ironically, the high exchange rate and the condescending attitude that brought Red Sox fans so much pleasure that day may, in the long run, ensure that St. Catherine’s Street will never again erupt with chants of “Yankees suck!” at three in the morning. The same exchange rate that brought Red Sox fans cheap liquor is pressuring one unprofitable Canadian sports franchise after another to scurry across the border. And the misperception that the Expos’ fan base is inadequate, believed by all levels of the corporate hierarchy, will prevent...

Author: By David R. De remer, | Title: POSTCARD FROM MONTREAL: Boston Invaders Turn Heads | 7/27/2001 | See Source »

October 27, 1972: Riots erupt in an East Cambridge housing development to protest the death of 17-year-old Lawrence P. Largey who died while in policy custody a few hours after being arrested...

Author: By Nicole B. Usher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Timeline: 1972-1976 | 6/5/2001 | See Source »

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