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...news reports, the Somali pirates are seizing near one ship per day now. This week, on a single day, they took over four vessels. Even though several large national navies including the US are policing the shipping channels to cut down piracy, the rate at which the pirates can grab prey is picked up fairly fast. The Somali pirates could take over between 80 and 120 vessels this year, and the figure is conservative. That would put their gross revenue as high as $200 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Somali Pirates Are Getting Rich: A Look At The Profit Margins | 4/15/2009 | See Source »

What was the most difficult stunt you've performed in a movie? Robert Quach, DALLAS The shopping-mall scene in Police Story where I jumped onto the chandelier and slid down 75 ft. (23 m). There was no protection. [After landing] I had to get up, grab the bad guy and punch him, all in one shot. That stunt was like suicide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Jackie Chan | 4/13/2009 | See Source »

...outs - 1-2-3 innings for Stack, punctuated by a nice grab at first by Zailskas on a screaming liner...

Author: By Crimson Sports Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: LIVE BLOG: Baseball Beanpot - Harvard vs. BC at Fenway Park | 4/13/2009 | See Source »

...Women’s Center, in conjunction with the Harvard Trans Task Force and the Harvard College Queer Students and Allies, hosted a workshop on dressing in drag. Professional female impersonator Fena Barbitall, otherwise known as Ryan M. Carpenter, taught would-be drag queens to “grab, cup, and pull back” and would-be drag kings to pack themselves down there. The seminar preceded next week’s drag show at the Cambridge Queen’s Head pub, where many of Carpenter’s protégés will perform. Some were...

Author: By Alexander J. Ratner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cross-Dress to Impress | 4/8/2009 | See Source »

...Columbia stumbles, then that’s their business,” said Fish. “Our business it just to grab every other [Ivy League] match...

Author: By Allen J. Padua, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Splits Weekend in Closely Contested Battles | 4/5/2009 | See Source »

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