Word: fifteen
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...fifteen years, the Fox Club threw an annual Boxer Rebellion party, named after violent efforts by Chinese rebels in 1900 to drive Westerners out of China and to protect Chinese authority in the country. The parties, ostensibly in support of the Chinese rebels—who were quickly and humiliatingly crushed by united Japanese, American, and European forces—involved drinking heavily and, of course, wearing boxers. The point of the event was to skip over the time-consuming process of disrobing and start the night in bedroom apparel, the better to expedite a roll...
...program at the University, in charge of developing an initiative funded by a $20 million gift from a Saudi royal prince. Mottahedeh wrote in an e-mail that the primary focus of the program will be “the study of the cultures of Muslims in the [past] fifteen hundred years, and across the geographical spread in which such cultures have existed.” According to Mottahedeh, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud’s 2005 gift will come in installments, the first of which has already arrived and is dedicated to graduate fellowships. Subsequent installments...
...fifteen years, the Fox Club threw an annual Boxer Rebellion party, named after violent efforts by Chinese rebels in 1900 to drive Westerners out of China and to protect Chinese authority in the country. The parties, ostensibly in support of the Chinese rebels—who were quickly and humiliatingly crushed by united Japanese, American, and European forces—involved drinking heavily and, of course, wearing boxers. The point of the event was to skip over the time-consuming process of disrobing and start the night in bedroom apparel, the better to expedite a roll...
...stifle the opposing teams’ top scoring threats.This year, there is no sure thing at the three spot for Sullivan—just a lot of options.One of those options is sophomore Andrew Pusar, who saw only limited action last year. Think Beal, but three inches shorter and fifteen pounds lighter. A forward in a guard’s body, Pusar plays what Sullivan has referred to as “a junkyard-kind of game.” On defense, he is capable of guarding another offense’s playmaker and creating havoc for opposing teams...
...Fifteen of the 16 media members from the eight Ivy areas who voted in the poll picked the Penn Quakers to come in first. Penn, the defending league champion which has won four of the past five Ivy crowns, returns two first-team All-Ivy performers in senior guard Ibrahim Jaaber, the reigning player of the year, and senior forward Mark Zoller...