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...Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) yesterday, the cunning would-be victim, asked to hand over his wallet, gave his would-be attacker the impression that he was about to comply, only to throw his backpack at the ne’er-do-well, knocking him to the ground. According to the advisory, the student wrestled the suspect’s weapon away from him while he was on the pavement, before the foiled bandit took off across the bridge and into Allston...
...scored 12 unanswered points to close out the first half. But it was truly a full team effort. Harvard’s defense kept the Bobcat offense to nine shots on goal. The Crimson (2-3) also forced 17 turnovers and topped Quinnipiac (2-3), 17-12, in ground balls. “Going into this game, we had something to prove,” Curtis said. “We were able to go on big runs but still remain poised and confident.” The attack got off to an early start, as freshman Alexandra Comstock...
...reformed. But if all that's true, what is conservatism's rationale for the next generation? What set of goals is there to hold together a coalition that has always been more fractious than it seemed to be from the outside, with its realists and its neoconservatives, its religious ground troops and its libertarian intelligentsia, its Pat Buchanan populists and its Milton Friedman free traders? That is why the challenge for Republican conservatives goes far deeper than merely trying to figure out how to win the next election. 2008 is a question with a very clear premise: Does the conservative...
...Ground zero for petitioners is the area where the Beijing South train station once stood, which is the location of the main Petition Office run by the State Council, China's cabinet. The urine-scented alleyways and half demolished streets are filled with knots of grimy, exhausted petitioners, most clutching a bundle of documents as though their lives depended on them...
...about things like "social justice" and that the U.S. could do more to address them. As a result, while Bush's trip south of the border wasn't exactly a triumph, it wasn't exactly a failure either. More important, it showcased Latin America as a sort of testing ground for the Bush Administration's new "reality-based" foreign policy - a willingness to acknowledge that diplomacy can be more effective than domination, and that even in weaker regions like Latin America we still have to carry bargaining chips if we want the locals to aid U.S. interests like the drug...