Word: northeastern
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...Stack is the reigning Hockey East Player of the Week, earning the honor by recording six points—three of which were shorthanded—in the Eagles’ last three games. BC advanced to the Beanpot championship game with a 3-1 victory over Northeastern last Tuesday...
...Such was the atmosphere on Saturday afternoon at Gordon Indoor Track, as the Harvard men’s and women’s track and field teams participated in the second annual Battle of Beantown meet, finishing first and second, respectively, against competitors from Boston University, Boston College, and Northeastern.“I’m really, really excited,” Saretsky said. “It was another good step for our program. On the women’s side, we really gave Boston College a good run for their money. As for the men, the fact...
...five years ago.” Macnamara G. De Oliveira, general manager of Harvard Square’s Qdoba, pointed out that participants in the competition were largely male. The winning Harvard team will compete in Tuesday’s finals with teams from Boston College, Boston University, and Northeastern. —Staff writer Shan Wang can be reached at wang38@fas.harvard.edu...
...Regulating the Flow India's northeastern state of Assam shares only a short border with Bangladesh, but the sentiment there against Bangladeshi migration is more intense than anywhere else in India. Bengali-speaking Muslims, both Indian and Bangladeshi, were once brought in to work as seasonal labor, and they now account for more than 30% of the state's population. Their numbers have made them a significant political force and have generated a frustration that will sound familiar to any country dealing with a large influx of migrants from a poorer country. "They take all the jobs," says Shibshankar Chatterjee...
...uptick in last year's Burmese poppy cultivation signals just how easy it is for impoverished farmers to turn to a delicate red flower when things get tough. Most of Burma's poppies flourish in the northeastern Shan State, which abuts the infamous Golden Triangle, where the borders of Burma, Thailand and Laos meet. (The flowers are also grown in Kachin and Karen states.) And given the omnipresence of opium and heroin smuggling in Burma - the nation is the world's second-largest poppy producer, after Afghanistan - it's hard to imagine how the trade can flourish without at least...