Word: fourteeners
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...weeks ago, in the supposedly secure confines of an affluent New Delhi suburb, a double murder occurred. Fourteen-year-old Aarushi Talwar and one of her family's servants were killed - their throats slit "with clinical precision," according to the police - in Noida, which lies just east of the Indian capital. With crime soaring in the area, the story might well have vanished quickly. But then the police began telling this story: Rajesh Talwar, a well-known dentist, killed his teenage daughter and their Nepalese helper, Hemraj, they claimed, to prevent them from blowing the lid off his affair with...
...December 2006, along with 200 other people, Francis traveled to Al Gore's home city of Nashville - otherwise known as the new Mecca of environmentalism - to be taught as a global warming educator by Al Gore himself, as part of the Climate Project, a nonprofit that promotes public awareness. Fourteen years old at the time, Francis was the youngest person ever trained by Gore. Back home in San Francisco he delivered a customized version of the most famous PowerPoint presentation ever developed, and since, he's given his talk to nearly 10,000 people, mostly high school students. Francis persuades...
...subsidize rent for low-income residents. Though the allegedly stolen funds represent a small portion of the Housing Authority’s $60 million annual budget, the lost money will have serious consequences, said Councillor Brian P. Murphy ’86-’87. “Fourteen thousand dollars does represent close to the [Housing Authority] budget for one individual,” he said. “If in fact [larceny] did take place, it has denied one individual of affordable housing.” But Murphy said that the alleged larceny was an isolated incident...
...Harvard’s co-ed team also competed in the George Morris Trophy, hosted by Boston University, over the weekend. The Crimson placed fourth in the fourteen-team field...
...different countries. Some of the tables served samples of hard alcohol. “Today, we know that there is no exemption,” said Antonio E.L. Amaro, one of the students who said he was charged. “The charges were dropped against all of the fourteen students, but with the recognition that there are no exceptions to the alcohol policy.” But some of the students who were charged questioned the investigatory process behind the Ad Board review. While students said there were 35 tables at the international party, only 14 individuals were charged...