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...dozen Australian special-forces soldiers blocked an intersection just south of Same and questioned people who passed. The group's commanding officer said they were "there to protect the safety of the people." Local residents said a group of Reinado's men had headed west towards the small mountain town of Alas, about 65 km southwest of Dili, and that troops had been scouring the rugged area on foot and by helicopter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Raid that Went Wrong | 3/13/2007 | See Source »

...might look to it for inspiration, due to its immense commercial success. But I never expected to run into Gollum again. Or the cave troll. Or any Orcs. However, I was greeted by all (or shameless approximations of) these creatures. Heck, even a stand-in for the mountain troll from “Harry Potter” made an appearance. I’m no historian, but a movie based on the Battle of Thermopylae probably shouldn’t have any monsters. Despite all of these grievances, and the others that I don’t have the room...

Author: By John D. Selig, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 300 | 3/8/2007 | See Source »

...dinosaur. It has to be big. It has to look like a dinosaur. It has to be constructed throughout the play. It has to be at various stages of completion throughout the play. At times, we were going to be this abstract dinosaur that was going to be this mountain of crap that was heaped up in the middle of the set. And then we got less abstract; some were going to be bones, and some weren’t." For Thompson, inspiration from home helped her solve the initial challenge of visualizing the Tyrannosaurus Rex model. "I was home...

Author: By Sanders I. Bernstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: SPOTLIGHT: Courtney B. Thompson '09 | 3/8/2007 | See Source »

...officer was dispatched to a report of a stolen red Iron Horse mountain bike valued at $250 near Harvard Hall. No suspicious individuals were seen in the area at the time of the theft...

Author: By Yelena S. Mironova, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Police Log | 3/6/2007 | See Source »

...season opener, the Crimson suffered a tough shutout loss to Lehigh, 9-0. The game remained scoreless until the fourth inning, when the Mountain Hawks finally broke through...

Author: By Kara T. Kelley, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Softball Takes Two in Opening Tourney | 3/4/2007 | See Source »

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