Word: padded
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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There was a time, not too long ago, when a game against Rennselaer meant an opportunity for the Harvard women’s hockey team to give reserve players a chance to play and for the squad’s stars to pad their stats...
...Last year, the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) staged massive protests and besieged Bangkok's international airport for a week. They accused the then-government of being your puppet and vowed to protest until that government fell. In the end, the court ruled that the ruling party had committed electoral fraud, and the government was forced out of office. What is your analysis of what happened? The whole world condemned what happened with the PAD taking over the airport. It was really a quiet coup supported by the military. Many military officials were there, supporting the [PAD members...
...wouldn't forgetting the past mean not prosecuting the PAD? If we are to drop the charges, it has to be done on both sides, not just on one side...
...What do you think Abhisit can do to help relieve the political tensions in Thailand? I don't think that he can do [anything] because he enjoys the power that was handed to him by the PAD and the military. Otherwise he would have to go through elections, and he will not get enough support...
...security chiefs have been pushing its political leaders toward the negotiating table. They recognize that Syria is the one hostile party on the Arab side of the peace process that could possibly keep its end of a bargain and prevent the Golan from being turned into a rocket-launching pad into Israel. There will also never be anyone better in Syria for Israel to deal with than the secular Assad government. Syria may only get weaker as time passes: its economy is in bad shape; it has a history of problems with Islamist insurgent groups; and it faces a multiyear...