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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...painfully common, and cave-rescue teams stand by to extricate the wounded. And the prize? The cheese. The very purpose of such antics is to defy explanation. "It's a ritual, innit?" is the best any of these Olimpians can come up with, and Daeschner wisely avoids proposing any fancier theories. Instead he joins in, getting his ribs crushed while Swaying the Hood (150-a-side prehistoric rugby), denting shins at Chipping Campden and passing out in a pub toilet having tried to go whisky-for-whisky with the Burryman - who is sewn, head and body, into a suit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oddball Olympics | 4/4/2004 | See Source »

...Once I get into the rhythm, that’s when I can try to be fancier because that’s when I’m relaxed,” Hendricks said...

Author: By Alan G. Ginsberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Top-Ranked Bantams Rout W. Squash | 2/4/2004 | See Source »

...Once I get into the rhythm, that’s when I can try to be fancier because that’s when I’m relaxed,” Hendricks said...

Author: By Alan G. Ginsberg, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Trinity Overpowers W. Squash in Commanding Victory | 1/26/2004 | See Source »

...iteration of Taco Bell in Shanghai, where the company is trying to repeat its KFC and Pizza Hut success with Mexican fare. Little of the Taco Bell formula has been imported from the U.S. The Shanghai outlet, which opened last May, is called Taco Bell Grande. It's a fancier, sit-down restaurant, a concept that is gaining traction in China with the popularity of T.G.I. Friday's, the Hard Rock Cafe and Tony Roma's. Not surprisingly, much of the food at Taco Bell Grande is only vaguely authentic. Caesar salad is on the menu, and there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colonel Sanders' March on China | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

...cooking,” explains Chenwei Wu ’06, my other companion, who is well versed in Chinese home cooking. “But they are used so often that they are considered part of the common man’s food. Restaurants are expected to serve fancier dishes. The food here is much more like what we eat at home...

Author: By Vanashree Samant, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Buddhist's Delight | 2/27/2003 | See Source »

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