Word: protestants
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...beat them to qualify. It was really intense. We ended up losing the 1, but finished 2-3-5 on the water.”That was good enough to beat the Jumbos, despite a scare when the crews got back on the dock.Tufts filed a protest against the Crimson, but it was disallowed, giving Harvard sole possession of third place and a ticket to nationals, which will be held from May 30-June 1 in Newport, R.I.Boston College and host Brown will join the Crimson at nationals.Harvard fielded three boats at the regatta. The team’s pairs...
...growing realization that many Western firms train local workers and understand how to operate in a free political environment. Meanwhile, activists in places like Ethiopia and Namibia have condemned Chinese investment practices, including poor wages and importation of Chinese laborers. In one of the worst incidents, Zambia exploded in protest after an accident at a Chinese-owned copper mine there in 2005 killed over 50 Zambians...
Unfair or not, the Olympics have never been simply about sports. Just ask any member of the 1980 U.S. team whose lifelong Olympic dream died when President Jimmy Carter ordered a boycott of the Moscow games to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. And the 2008 Games in Beijing promise to be one of the most politically charged Olympiads in modern times, offering a unique platform for protest groups seeking to highlight issues ranging from the host country's crackdown in Tibet and its economic ties with the Sudanese government responsible for the atrocities in Darfur to its domestic political...
...beat the throw by two steps and the umpire called him out,” Vance said. “Just because he made a big play doesn’t mean you can automatically ring him up. O’Hara was blatantly safe.” In protest, both Walsh and assistant coach Tom Lo Ricco were ejected from the game after a heated argument with the umpire.POWER SURGEThe Crimson entered the series with 14 homers total. In the four games against Dartmouth, Harvard nailed four long balls, while two other shots fell just short. On Saturday, Albright...
...tribe as it seemed. The DJ was playing remixed Kanye West from his laptop, and Eric Dane, the man they call Dr. McSteamy from Grey's Anatomy, was holding court a few feet away. I could have salvaged what dignity I still had, and walked out in principled protest. But then I saw Isiah Whitlock Jr., the actor who played the corrupt Sen. Clay Davis on HBO's The Wire, standing with his hands at his side. Before I knew what I was doing, I had walked over and asked if I could get him a drink from...