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...thousands of red shirts lined up to donate their blood, which was then splashed by the bucketful at the Prime Minister's office and private residence. Brahmin priests attended the bloodletting, casting hexes on the government amid swirls of incense. Such black magic, which dates back to Thailand's pre-Buddhist past, might seem like the domain of superstitious peasants. But last year, yellow-shirt leader and media mogul Sondhi Limthongkul placed sanitary napkins soaked with menstrual blood around a Bangkok monument as part of a spell designed to vanquish Thaksin. Many locals seem to believe that witchcraft will...
...Perlman probably didn’t imagine that the scoreless first would be his only inning on the mound in a nine-run loss—although Crimson coach Joe Walsh noted that the one-inning limit was pre-planned...
Without a doubt, the bill’s immediate effects are especially significant for young Americans. Last week, in compliance with the new law, insurance companies announced their intention to eliminate restrictions on children 18 and under with pre-existing health conditions, such as asthma. In addition, coverage for more than seven million children in low-income families who receive health-care from the Children’s Health Insurance Program will be shielded until 2019 from the fiscal pressures facing state governments...
...then-Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences William C. Kirby pushed to implement a pre-registration process in which students submitted their study cards for classes in the preceding semester. But the proposal was met with fierce opposition from students and faculty and was eventually dropped...
...think this course planning tool is a much less disruptive solution than pre-registration would be,” Lewis said...