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...Harvard women’s water polo team faced a daunting logistical task over spring break—nine games in seven days while picking up about 5000 frequent flier miles in between...
...Bangladeshis, who have to cope with frequent cyclones from the Indian Ocean and regular outbursts of violence on the streets of their own cities, are a tough, stoic lot who don't frighten easily. But a wave of extortion, murder and kidnapping that is washing over the country of 140 million has many worried that the nation may be sliding into anarchy. The Bureau of Human Rights Bangladesh says 971 people have been killed since the start of the year. Says Badruddoza Chowdhury, former President of Bangladesh: "Never have crime and extortion taken place on such a big scale...
...this carnival atmosphere, Massino is an anomaly, an anachronism--the Masto-Don. He does not frequent posh nightclubs, Vegas high-roller rooms, designer-clothing stores or the front page of the New York Post. He does not care to give interviews (though he seemed amused when asked for one, and told a TIME reporter, "Have a nice day"). His couture is less dapper than schlepper: jeans and T shirts (he doesn't like wearing a tie), without the usual mobster adornments of a siliconed blond on each arm. He has never been accused of swagger. About as close...
...connections were too vague for Spanish investigators to arrest Zougam, who was not suspected of criminal activity. But law-enforcement authorities in Morocco began tracking him on his frequent visits to his old neighborhood in Tangiers. There he may have heard the preachings of Sheik Mohammed Fizazi, the spiritual leader of Salafia Jihadia, a group of Moroccan radicals said by some investigators to have ties to al-Qaeda. In August 2003 Fizazi was sentenced to 30 years in jail for inspiring the terrorists who bombed five sites in Casablanca, including a Spanish club, in May 2003. Zougam's name surfaced...
...outside, or when it’s exam time—and walking to Annenberg simply isn’t an option for Dartboard—many first-years will have to wash their board money down the drain and order takeout from the Kong. Whereas Dartboard used to frequent Adams during winter snowstorms, he’ll now be forced to seek pay-for food in bad weather. Hurt by the new policy, Dartboard feels first-years should have been consulted in the decision-making process...