Word: racketeering
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...most prevalent squash at Harvard these days has nothing to do with a racket or a ball and is more likely to be found on a plate than on the court. A glance at the Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) menu for this week exemplifies the many variations of squash available to diners: maple roasted butternut squash, candy roaster squash, festival squash with cinnamon, spaghetti squash, and more. Answering students’ bewilderment as to why this vegetable is suddenly a staple in the dining hall, the HUDS blog says, “Why so much squash? It?...
...Games' most lopsided gold-medal matches, China's Lin Dan demolished Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei in men's single's badminton, 21-12, 21-8. As the heavily partisan fans raised the decibel level past rock-concert intensity, Lin rewarded the audience after the match by throwing his racket into the crowd. Next came one sweaty shoe, then another. Chances are Lin's throwaways are already attracting furious bidding on Chinese online auction sites - if, that is, the lucky recipients can bear to part with such national treasures...
...detailing how Lin had decked his coach during training. Although Lin denied that incident took place, it was harder to ignore another public confrontation last January when during a match he reacted to a disputed call by yelling at a South Korean coach and threatening him with his raised racket. Lin never apologized...
...skating rink in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.--and proudly displays a postage-stamp-size bit of translucent gray film that looks like debris from a darkroom floor. It is the heart of a new machine that he says will revolutionize the global financial system, bring the multibillion identity-theft racket to a halt and make teenagers behave in cars...
MICHAEL SAVAGE, conservative talk-show radio host, calling the disorder a "fraud" and a "racket...