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...every round whittled down its competitors by about half. Some of the dances went through four sets of cuts to reach the six-couple finals. “What I’m looking for is a good pairing, how they handle a blunder, and energy on the floor,” said Lisa Perry, one of the seven judges of the event. “Otherwise you’re going to get bored,” Competitors in successive rounds increased in skill, and the area beyond the floor was an unceasing flurry of anxiety, cheering, and preparation...
...undergraduate who fell from the ninth-floor of Leverett House Tower F last Thursday remains in “serious condition” at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The student, Steven R. Snyder ’04-’08, was upgraded to “serious condition” on Friday, according to hospital spokesman Jerry Berger. As of yesterday, Snyder’s condition was still serious, said hospital spokeswoman Cindy Whitcome. On Thursday, Snyder was listed in “critical condition.” According to hospital policies, Beth Israel categorizes patients...
...striped sticks, clacking them together while moving in parallel lines or circles. The night ended with a bang, as a cheer rose from the crowd when a strobe light shut on and Bhangra music, a fusion of traditional Punjabi music with a pop background beat, pulsated through the dance floor. “When everyone is so tired, they all just go crazy,” said Abby Swenson, an MIT junior...
...then taken down two more flights of stairs to a basement holding area that was partitioned with plywood into many small cells--at least 10, possibly more. His home for the next five weeks would be a dirty cell, 5 ft. by 4 ft., with a rough concrete floor. The plywood walls were unpainted and still bore the manufacturer's stamp in a foreign script he speculates was Korean. The walls didn't go all the way up to the ceiling, and that allowed for some air circulation. He was given a large, smelly quilt that had to serve...
...kept coming back to the phone number--why I didn't have any," he says. "They just wouldn't believe me." Every session would end with threats of more beatings and torture. He was told of other captives who had died grisly deaths and was shown stains on the floor where they had bled. The strong smell of chemicals began to make sense. They had been used to cover up the smell of vomit and dried blood. But, says the U.S. official, the threat of death was probably no more than just that. "They were already invested in this...