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...clouds burst, the crowds gather. It's an hour before the kick-off of Kolkata's biggest sporting event and the rain keeps pouring. The pitch at the cavernous Salt Lake Stadium is now little better than a mud pit, pockmarked by spreading pools of brackish water and streaks of brown slush. Were this a cricket match, officials would have canceled proceedings and sent fans home. But this is football in the most football-crazy city in India: over 100,000 boisterous Calcuttans fill the divided sides of the stadium, one half festooned in the maroon and green of Mohun...
...annual kick-off event of the University Committee on Human Rights last month, President Drew G. Faust said, “I can think of all different kinds of opportunities for teaching and learning in human rights to impact the curriculum.” But Harvard is not only in the business of teaching and learning; it’s also in the business of investing, with an endowment valued at $34.9 billion. And if Harvard’s commitment to human rights is sincere, the commitment must apply not only to the curriculum, but to the University?...
...time to let the poor bastard go,” said Pilbeam. “The Harvard social scene for minors is so strange and inhibited, that this was one of the only things keeping it going. So of course the only thing we could do was kick it to death while it was down.” Citing a number of legitimate reasons that will almost surely enrage undergraduates further, and accusing the Undergraduate Council (of all things!) of mishandling the funds with which it is entrusted, Pilbeam administered a decanal snowjob to the Party Fund. Fun at Harvard...
...Bullshit Factor: Infinite 2) The Assumption Roundhouse “Assuming that we are all agreed on the tenets of liberty/the importance of free speech/ the laws of gravity…” Unspoken: Disagree with me, a-meego, and you’ll receive the roundhouse kick of popular opinion to the gut. I doggy dare you. Effectiveness Factor: 8 Chuck Norris Factor: Avert your eyes in the presence of glory 3) The Facebook Sucker Punch “Is that really what you think? That’s odd, considering (insert allusion to enemy?...
...very sound operation,” Murphy said of the low kick, which was easily blocked. “We have to re-evaluate whether we’re a four-down territory team...