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China's crackdown on the Falun Gong sect may be inflating the size of the dragon it is trying to slay. Beijing ratcheted up its campaign against the religious group Thursday, branding it a "devil-cult" and vowing to show it no mercy. But despite the heavy prison sentences that Chinese law prescribes for members of cults, hundreds of Falun Gong members continued their almost daily protests in Tiananmen Square and elsewhere in China. Although the authorities fear the consequences of allowing a millions-strong religious sect whose leader is based in the U.S. to flourish beyond official control...
...Adams House gong was located in the Pforzheimer House dining room. Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) officers returned it to Adams...
...Pforzheimer win, it was agreed, would mean its residents would gain the right to eat in Adams House for a year and that Adams would relinquish its gong for that period. If Adams won, Pforzheimer agreed to sacrifice the use of the "Pf" at the beginning of the House's name...
...announced that masters from both Houses would serve as judges for the event--ultimately determining the overall winner and the rightful owner of the gong...
Levy and Hoffpauir also conceded defeat, presenting a sign reading "Property of Pfoho" that will hang over the gong in Adams dining hall for the duration of the year...