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...leapt onto the tracks and tried to pull the suicidal woman into an emergency safety area beneath the platform. She wouldn't move. Miyamoto waved at the incoming train repeatedly, but it was an express traveling at nearly 40 mph - he never had a chance. Though he managed to protect the woman, who survived with a broken pelvis, Miyamoto was struck full by the train. He suffered a broken skull and would linger in a coma for nearly a week before dying on Feb. 12, leaving behind a wife and a 20-year...
PROVIDENCE, R.I.—A failure to bear down on defense and an inability to protect the ball cost the Harvard men’s basketball team on Friday night, as it fell at Brown, 70-66. The Bears (8-16, 3-6 Ivy) burst out of the gate in the second half, shooting 58 percent from the floor after halftime to prevent the Crimson (10-13, 3-6) from putting together anything resembling a run until the final five minutes. Harvard, which had won its last two games at Brown’s Pizzatola Sports Center, lost...
...Philippine government counters that the new licensing rules will allow Manila to more closely monitor the domestics they export and therefore protect them from abuse. Says Rosalinda Baldoz, administrator of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, "We are tired of hearing stories of Filipino maids being attacked in the face with a hot flat iron by her employer." Across Asia, rampant reports of imported workers suffering inhumane treatment include inadequate wages, verbal and physical assault, even rape. Last month, leaders of the Association of South-East Asian Nations, meeting in the Philippines, also took similar steps to regulate...
...said. “That student should be able to room with women because that makes him feel more comfortable.” The revision to gender-neutral housing rules follows in the wake of a decision last April to amend University non-discrimination policy to protect gender identity. —Staff writer Victoria B. Kabak can be reached at vkabak@fas.harvard.edu...
...after the beating. His entire head and faced were covered in blood. I asked if I could have a copy, but he declined. "It would be too sad," for people to see the picture, he said. "I am working to promote the law but the law cannot even protect me. And I cannot protect my clients...