Word: lions
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...effect in 2004. It's not clear if the U.S. gum lobby pushed for the change, or if Singapore is just tired of being an international punchline. Restrictions have been in effect since 1992, after pranksters started wedging wads into subway doors, gumming up the public transit system. The Lion City isn't going soft. Using a public toilet without flushing still carries a $284 fine. Drive into Malaysia with a tank of gas less than three-quarters full: $1,136. Walk around your house naked: another $1,136. So for now, Singaporeans, don't try to walk naked...
...poet Peter Richards came as a guest to my poetry class, and we asked him what he thought defined good poetry. He said that for him it was a feeling of transport, “like you felt when you were a kid and you first opened The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe...
Harvard (6-2, 5-0 Ivy) restricted the Lion offense to just 52 rushing yards, forced two fumbles and reduced Columbia’s passing attack to impotent short-yardage screens...
...Harvard men’s soccer team trailing 2-1 with less than 20 minutes remaining in regulation, Crimson captain Michael Cornish found himself on a semi-breakaway. Sizing up the Columbia goalie, Cornish took a shot from just inside the box that deflected out of bounds off a Lion defender, but the play nevertheless resulted in a Columbia goal kick...
...blank canvases upon which, in the suites, the students could express their tasteful creativity (Carlhian said he envisioned “tapestries”). In the public areas, various fine arts would be exhibited, including a giant painting of camels in the dining area and a statue of a lion in the courtyard. Harvard, however, pulled out of its commitment to loan Mather the fine art. The rest is naked history...