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...cities across the kingdom?don't think that your status as a visitor allows you to observe politely from the sidelines. Everyone, local or tourist, is fair game for a drenching. This may take the form of a genteel sprinkle, or a merciless soaking via bucket, water pistol, hose or even elephant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Volatile Liquidity | 3/26/2006 | See Source »

Everyone, local or tourist, is fair game for a drenching. This may take the form of a genteel sprinkle, or a merciless soaking via bucket, water pistol, hose or even elephant. So don't go venturing onto the streets in your finest Prada, and find a watertight case for that digicam. For more information, visit tourismthailand.org

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Volatile Liquidity | 3/21/2006 | See Source »

...smiling at the question about how his right arm feels. He’s eventually headed to a dinner for the Delphic, an undergraduate final club.The arm is part of the package that brought Salsgiver to Cambridge in the first place. In baseball jargon, it’s a hose, a rocket, a gun—clocked as high as 93 MPH, it’s one of five professional-grade “tools” that the right fielder employs in his impressive repertoire.The other four (speed, fielding, hitting for average, and hitting for power) are nothing...

Author: By Pablo S. Torre, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BASEBALL '06: Armed and Dangerous | 3/7/2006 | See Source »

...membership as evidence of growing public cynicism. In Britain, the government is trying to stop the rot with a campaign against antisocial behavior, especially among young people. Launching his "respect" initiative, Prime Minister Blair personally traveled to the town of Swindon earlier this month and used a high-pressure hose to remove graffiti from the wall of a housing project...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No More Heroes | 1/23/2006 | See Source »

Sarkozy's law-and-order campaign to crack the crime and drug rings in immigrant neighborhoods has raised hackles. So has his penchant for tough talk: he once said criminal elements should be cleaned out with an "industrial power hose." Just days before the mayhem ignited, he went into a troubled banlieue and slammed rebellious youths as "scum"--which some protesters say stoked their anger. The rioting "is going to go on until they pull Sarkozy out of office," says K-Soc, 19, in Bobigny. "He heats things up and then leaves us here to deal with the police...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Paris Is Burning | 11/7/2005 | See Source »

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