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...losing his touch. Thaksin's woes began with his slow response to the recent bird-flu crisis, which has killed eight and devastated the country's chicken industry. Then, in quick succession, he was forced to back down from a controversial plan to close entertainment venues at midnight, respond to accusations that he was using his influence to muffle criticism in the local press, watch as thousands rallied in Bangkok to protest government plans to privatize state-owned industries, and defend his heavy-handed war on drugs after the U.S. State Department cited it as proof that Thailand's human...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Southern Discomfort | 3/22/2004 | See Source »

...best traditions such as rubbing a statue’s foot for good luck or a naked run around the yard on a cold midnight in January certainly were not the ideas of a ‘committee,’” she wrote...

Author: By Elena Sorokin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Time Honored Traditions...in Two Months | 3/19/2004 | See Source »

...prompts late-night hunger, unsatisfied by the stale bagels and donuts offered at Brain Break. Unlike what HUDS promises, I have personally never seen Brain Break feature Eggo waffles or cereal, two frequently hyped items on the menu. So how do first-year students try to stave off those midnight hunger pangs? More often than not, they resort to smuggling food from Annenberg during the too-early dinner hours. Clearly, this is not the solution HUDS is looking for, but it’s one that students are forced to adopt by the schedule imposed on them...

Author: By Sara J. Culver, | Title: Stopping and Shopping in Annenberg | 3/16/2004 | See Source »

Every Friday in March at midnight, the Coolidge Corner Theatre will be playing this pants-wettingly hilarious parody of ’80s summer camp movies. And every Friday in March, the Crimson Arts section will feature this film in its Happening section. One of the funniest movies ever. Tickets $9. Midnight. Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St., Brookline...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, THE CRIMSON STAFF | Title: Happenings | 3/12/2004 | See Source »

...ninth hour of the ninth day of the eighth month of 2001, the clock struck midnight on stem- cell research. After 9 p.m. on Aug. 9, 2001, therapeutic cloning—the production of new stem cell lines from early embryos—was officially denied federal funding. Since that time, researchers studying everything from tissue regrowth to cell differentiation have faced an unpleasant choice: use expensive, often poor-quality federal stem-cell lines, if they are available at all, or seek substantial amounts of private money to generate new ones...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Stemming America's Potential | 3/10/2004 | See Source »

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