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...Less than 100 days before the start of the Summer Olympics, a creeping sense of unease pervades Beijing. The March riots in Tibet and the rough passage of the Olympic torch through some foreign cities has intensified official concern that the Games will bring trouble to the Chinese capital. In response, authorities have issued terror warnings, canceled public events and subjected foreigners to a higher level of scrutiny. Even as Beijing dashes to complete preparations to welcome the world in August, the city suddenly feels less welcoming...
...after that.“Coming off the line, they stayed right with us,” Demers said. “Our coxswain kept us calm through the first 1000 meters, then we took our normal move and bumped the stroke rating up. It was a little more rough, but we handled the water really well. We kept it together and we just started moving really well and moved away from Northeastern.” In the third varsity four A, BU gave the Black and White a run for its money. Radcliffe squeaked out a .8-second margin...
Though Scherer had punished them for a rough start, within just a few hours my squad was working as a cohesive unit: they conducted ambushes, sought a downed airplane, and practiced the procedure for encountering Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs...
...learn the trade of a writer.“I was a bit like an empty vessel going to sea with a pirate, with a pen who was going to teach me to weather the storms,” she said. “Instead, we ran across some rough seas.”Watching Mailer read her pieces was “very erotic and stimulating,” for his entire body would move in a rhythm that reminded her of a giant sewing machine, she said.“He taps his foot, saliva comes...
...This isn’t the type of debate they’re used to, so it was a little rough at first,” Ward says...