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...Thai seems like a misnomer and in fact bears no resemblance to the fried dish found in every Thai restaurant. The name is simply an indication to non-Cambodians that it is made with vermicelli noodles. Here, the steamed noodles are formed into a disk and served atop a pile of bean sprouts and thinly sliced cucumbers. A mound of crunchy, salty dried shrimp shrouds the top and hard-boiled eggs ring the plate. This very traditional dish was the one I kept reaching for over and over throughout, a perfect salve for the highly spiced seasonings of Khmer cuisine...
Arthur Conway, 28, watched the opening seconds of the show from the back of the bar; after trying to make his way out, he found himself stuck under a pile of people struggling to move and screaming for help. "The people just pancaked in front of him," his sister Virginia Zoerb says. "The guy underneath pleaded for him to get out, but he just couldn't." Conway felt his shoes melt and his feet catch fire. At that instant, a patron who had just wriggled free grabbed Conway's arm and pulled him out. Conway turned back to the pile...
...list and my roommate, Amy E. Keel ’04, sent a message to the Coalition Against Sexual Violence list. It being nearly 1 a.m., no reinforcements were to be found. On our way back to the Yard, however, we came across a shovel stuck in a snow pile outside Memorial Church—to Amy this was mere coincidence, to me, this was clearly an instance of Divine Providence and confirmation that the lewd sculpture had to go. In considering whether to wait around another hour until the fascination died down, we asked ourselves what someone we respected...
Brown, for one, made it harder for Harvard to win by sticking to its game plan last night. The last time the teams met, Harvard didn’t need to pile bodies into the Brown net in the final minutes to deliver the game-winning goal...
...wake of shopping period, it’s not unusual to find oneself drowning in syllabi, hours of sourcebook reading and self-pity. For those more ambitious types who filled in that daunting fifth space in their study cards last week, the coursepacks and textbooks pile up near the ceiling...