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Amidst all this, there is very little official information on the events of the last couple of days. There have been no briefings by the Army or police since the announcement of the end of the Oberoi Hotel encounter earlier this afternoon. And so in the vacuum, there are rumors. The involvement of the Nariman House and the ostensibly Israeli hostages within churned up unconcfirmed speculation about Israeli commandos taking part in the operation. This afternoon, there was a rumor reported by at least one of the local television stations that there were new attacks - blasts at four locations...
...Queen’s Head Pub by rain, where it unfurled as an apparent mixed bag. In 2006, Fun Czar emeritus John T. Drake ’06 cancelled the event—again, because of rain—matter-of-factly citing the chance for mass electrocution. (Rumor has it that the rally was actually cancelled because people kept leaving the period off the end of Drake’s band name, “Blanks.” The rule is that, even if it appears in the middle of a sentence, Blanks. ends with a period...
...carried out in “dying conditions,” according to newspapers and had to be suspended for two years. Also, first Yale game with William H. Lewis, Harvard’s first black captain and first football scoreboard, invented by Bostonian Arthur Iwin. 1908: Rumor has it that Harvard coach Percy Haughton strangled a bulldog in locker room to motivate players. Harvard did win, 4-0. 1909: “Battle of the Giants” in which 9-0 Yale beats 8-0 Harvard for national championship. 1930: W. Barry Wood ’32 throws...
...might enjoy!” WHAT I SAW AND HOW I LIED by Judy Blundell A delicate, raven-haired young woman applies lipstick as she peers fearfully into the darkness that surrounds her. What could threaten such an innocent-looking girl? A past lover? A crazed suitor? A malicious rumor? Speaking of which, she seems to bear a passing resemblance to another slender brunette—I believe they call her “Blair?”And why, for that matter, do I even know the “Gossip Girl” characters’ names...
...Rumor had it that the seven-minute walk from the Charles to Widener was soon to be instantaneous, as Google launched its bold book-scanning project. Seen by many as a noble, if dauntingly large venture, the project promised to provide accessibility and protection for the world’s literature in digital form. Unfortunately, over 300 publishing companies did not agree; and their opposition found legal sanction in a 125 million dollar settlement, halting the scanning of material still under copyright. Harvard University, which has been cooperating with Google and four other libraries, decided to extract itself from...