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...Like Britain, Thailand has embarked upon a rocky legislative road, hoping that new laws will fix an old problem. While Brits debated minimum pricing, Thais were arguing the merits of prohibiting alcohol sales during Songkran, or Thai New Year, which runs April 13-15 and is the country's most important annual holiday. This is a bit like Sir Liam banning booze at Christmas. Better known among tourists as the Water Festival, Songkran is famous for mass water-pistol fights and - with millions of Thais visiting their families - insanely busy highways. During last year's festival, 360 people died...
...nine valuable points from the 800-meter after sophomores Thea Lee and Jamie Olson and senior Jan Ng finished 1-2-3 for Harvard. Sophomore Claire Richardson continued her outstanding outdoor campaign, running an ECAC qualifying time of 9:52.60 in the 3000-meter run.While the women had no problem taking care of the Bulldogs, the men continued to struggle against their counterparts.“We had some really strong individual performances,” Saretsky said. “We cut into Yale’s advantage over us. We’re definitely not where I would...
Ever since Harvard University began drilling in Allston, there has been a rat problem in his neighborhood, but Jake Carman, a ferociously eloquent community leader from North Brighton, still lives on the same street where his great-grandmother lived when she emigrated from Lithuania. The area has always been an entry point for immigrants from around the world, and Jake’s neighbors hail from Brazil and Guatemala, among other places...
...actions and their implications. “There’s a story here that in its way, in some ways, bigger than the case,” said Nesson. “And it’s the telling of this story that will get the problem fixed.” —Staff Writer Helen X. Yang can be reached at hxyang@fas.harvard.edu...
...problem with Columbine was we felt the need to explain it right away. It was so horrifying, and the public wanted to know why it happened. We in the media wanted to know why too, and we thought we had to answer them. What we should have said was, "We don't have any good information, and it would be irresponsible of us to say why." When you speculate in a case like this, it very quickly morphs into "fact." We started with the assumption that school shooters tend to be loners, outcasts and bullied. That turned...