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...raids are old hat. The tricky thing about robbing banks is, you have to actually go somewhere (risking witnesses and cctv cameras) and steal things that have a real weight and presence, like jewels or money. These days, it's easier and safer by far to sit in some semi-tropical Margaritaville, fire up the laptop and do a bit of identity theft or credit card fraud. Banks are for those with eyes bigger than their brains. "Bank robbers," says Robinson, "are basically idiots. They went in and they found ?40 million sitting there and they got greedy. If they...
...final of the Ivy League Invitational women’s water polo tournament, finishing second among the six teams present. The Crimson was placed in a bracket with club teams Columbia and Dartmouth and defeated them by scores of 14-3 and 13-0, respectively. In the semi-finals of the tournament, Harvard, the defending champion, beat Penn 9-6 to set up a title showdown with the Tigers. Despite not being able to repeat as champions, the team still felt confident about its performance. “This is another good starting tournament for us,” captain...
...INDONESIA: When Hatten Wines (www.hattenwines.com) started production at Sanur, Bali with Alphonse Lavelle grapes in 1994, experts scoffed, claiming that the table variety was unsuitable for winemaking. They were wrong. Hatten's Rosé is medium dry, fresh and pleasantly fruity. Winemaker Vincent Desplat also produces an award-winning, semi-sweet wine, Pino de Bali...
...It’s going to be semi-slash-totally embarrassing," Kaszynski says, panicking a little before the performance. His voices shakes, and the tune wanders into upper echelons, but he survives...
This may simply be the nature of any gathering in a semi-dark place where booze, boys, and broads combine. But this may be all the more striking in a place where women are supposed to feel empowered...