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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...along a railway line. In his 1962 novel The Pretenders, foremost contemporary Filipino novelist F. Sionil José describes the street as one of "intractable damnation," and it's not hard to see why. Shanties still line the same steel tracks on which José's tortured antihero Antonio Samson kills himself, after learning that his vapid high-society wife is having an affair. On a recent afternoon, naked boys skipped rope near piles of rotting trash. Meals bubbled over open fires, just feet from railroad ballast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Manila Through the Eyes of F. Sionil José | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

...field position game,” Murphy said. “We emphasized it all week, [Wynn] is a tremendous athlete, one of the better returners in the league. Overall probably our best day against a good unit this year.” The Quakers’ Andrew Samson missed a field goal from just 23 yards out early in the fourth quarter that wound up being the difference in the game. Junior Patrick Long converted a field goal from 20 yards out and all of his kickoffs were booted into or near the end zone, limiting Wynn?...

Author: By Dixon McPhillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Harvard and Penn Get Physical | 11/17/2008 | See Source »

...reaching the Harvard 6-yard line, primarily on the strength of Garton’s mobility, and on third down Garton threw for receiver Kyle Derham in the end zone. Quaker fans cheered what they believed was a touchdown, but the pass was ruled incomplete, and kicker Andrew Samson missed a field goal. It was only Samson’s third miss of the season in 16 attempts, and his first from inside 30 yards.“I thought I had a pretty good angle on the touchdown that was called an incomplete...

Author: By Brad Hinshelwood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Penn Picked Off | 11/17/2008 | See Source »

...Hand off to DiMaggio for a 1-yard touchdown run. Andrew Samson's extra point is good. 12 plays for 74 yards, 6:05 time of possession. HARVARD 17, PENN...

Author: By Crimson staff | Title: LIVE BLOG: HARVARD AT PENN (11/15) | 11/15/2008 | See Source »

...Samson and Prop Two’s opponents also argue that the initiative won’t help chickens. “A lot of the conventional wisdom about chickens is true...chickens do flock together,” he said, suggesting that chickens are less stressed in cages...

Author: By Lewis E. Bollard | Title: Yes on Two | 10/9/2008 | See Source »

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