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Condemnation was swift. Watson arrived in the U.K. midweek to promote his new book, which will be out Oct. 22. He was scheduled to speak Friday at the Science Museum in London, but the museum announced the day before that it would cancel the event, as Watson had "gone beyond the point of acceptable debate." The University of Edinburgh then axed Watson's scheduled appearance for Monday, calling the scientist's remarks "entirely incompatible with the spirit" of the lecture series in which he was supposed to participate. And an event organizer in Bristol, which had booked the DNA pioneer...
...Portuguese army barracks. If you've had your fill of casino hotels, the Pousada-situated on a hill near the scenic ruins of a 19th century fort-is one of Macau's better-kept secrets. It's also affordable (spacious modern rooms go from around $65 a night midweek) and the young, bright-eyed students seem that bit more helpful. "I'm learning about the whole running of the hotel," enthuses Elaine Fong, a 19-year-old hotel-management sophomore who clocks in about 20 hours a week...
...rowdy right back. "Straight guys, calm down, this isn't Bennigan's," sassed Ginger, a short blonde in a black dress slit up to the waist, on a recent Wednesday night. My friends and I were at Lips, a Manhattan restaurant that turns into a bingo parlor midweek with drag queens - those over-the-top, tell-it-like-it-is men dressed as women - plucking balls from the bingo cage...
...None of that’s been confirmed or told to us at all,” freshman forward Doug Miller said. He said that he expects the new coach to be announced “by midweek, in the next couple of days...
...team seemed able to really heat up. The weather made for a tough day in the field for both teams, as the doubleheader featured a combined 10 errors. The Crimson also came out cold at the plate, perhaps due to its week away from live pitching—its midweek game against Holy Cross was postponed twice due to snow. “The cold has an effect, but it’s on both teams—that’s not why we split today,” coach Joe Walsh said. “It really took...