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...provision of a designated area for smokers, make the U.N.H. policy among the most comprehensive at any college in the nation. But U.N.H. is one of a growing number of U.S. colleges and universities that are hardening the line against smokers. The trend started in the late '80s with mild prohibitions on smoking in academic buildings and has recently gained a sharper edge. Under the subtle acronym COUGH (Campuses Organized and United for Good Health), student antismoking advocates at eight California state colleges have banded together to push for tougher smoking rules throughout the state system. Officials at the University...
...Yang's madness, Jian begins to find clarity of mind. Yang's caustic torments terrorize his mild student?and gradually cause Jian to question the career that has been set before him, the mentor he thought he knew and the world in which he lives. He's not the only one. While Jian sinks into depression, wondering whether he should bother sitting for his exams and doom himself to a barren life "as a clerk in a workshop", news of a student gathering in Beijing arrives through BBC radio broadcasts and Meimei's letters from the restive capital. Jian wants...
...mild controversy stop him from drawing his cartoons, which are certainly widely appreciated. His teammates especially make sure to watch out for his drawings in the paper...
...rewarded. The roof was packed with pods of people lying on their backs, huddled together for warmth. Some of the more resourceful students brought air mattresses, but the masses remained exposed to the cold concrete. The lights of Boston, the full moon, the telescope domes and some mild cloud cover all worked against the stargazers. The relative lack of meteors, combined with the cold and the early hours fueled quite a bit of griping. One student joked, “I think when meteor showers start to suck they should just set off fireworks to please...
...movie stirred mild dismay among the Buddhist faithful in Nong Khai, home of the actual fireballs. But the ITV documentary has sparked a full-fledged furor. Local politicians have threatened to sue ITV for more than $23 million; incensed residents staged a protest march; and Laos' ambassador to Thailand, Hiam Promjan, said his country was "shocked" by the claim. Real or fake, there seems to be little doubt about the incendiary properties of the fiery orbs...