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...which would have been without its coxswain—might have failed, but Harvard’s last-place finish both ruined the Crimson’s quest for goal against the world’s best and relieved an International Olympic Committee fed up with the shaggy, revolutionary folk from Cambridge, Mass. The Harvard varsity returned home without a medal, disappointed by the results on the water and exhausted by the affairs off of it. Their protest proved the final chance for Harvard’s oarsmen to speak up in such a public...
...Film-industry folk support the idea of classifying movies, provided they have a voice in the process. But many believe that simply transferring the regulatory role from the police to the Ministry of Culture is a jump cut from the frying pan into the fire, especially in the postcoup climate, when political and social conservatism are on the rise. Ladda counters that the audience is on her side when it comes to choosing a flick. "Nobody goes to see films by Apichatpong," she says. "Thai people want to see comedy. We like a laugh...
...talked (dragons speak a language that sounds like German, but instead of vowels, there’s fire) and he told me about his history, about how dragons are 200 feet tall, but can morph sizes anytime they want to kick it with the human-folk...
...weather the stresses of life just fine - but for now it's impossible for doctors to predict who will be susceptible and who won't. So, whether it's a matter of quality of life, or life and death, it's probably good advice for the stressed-out folk among us to take a breather now and again. "With chronic stress, we may not feel it in our cardiovascular systems, but we do feel drained," says Brotman. "It's hard to imagine going through those periods and not thinking, 'This...
...becomes more and more frantic, a band of folk musicians bursts in and strikes a chord of wild merriment. A fifty-minute rollercoaster ride then takes the viewer flying through a fantastic world of organic self-renewal and disintegration...