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...protest, says residents have been desperate to draw the attention of the International Olympic Committee to their plight. But when the IOC inspectors finally did come on April 23, he says, police beat up protestors. Police deny any cruelty, and the Voice of Russia radio station quoted French ski star Jean-Claude Killy, the head of the IOC's delegation, as saying that he was impressed with the speed of preparations...
...still have time to escape," says Munich Re Group maritime risk consultant Tillmann Kratz. Frequently pirates armed with street-market AK-47s approach ships posing as fishermen, coast guard officials or harbor police. To ferret out the fakers, ships could send robot snoops like the Sentry, a jet ski-sized remote-controlled scout also developed by QinetiQ. For those who want to send out a stronger deterrent message, there's the "Protector," a 30-foot unmanned surface vessel developed by BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin and an Israeli defence firm. In its military configuration, the Protector is equipped with...
...Allston project of yore but with fewer low-income housing projects in the way. Adams House opened in 1935, and Quincy made its arrival down the street at the height of the modernist architectural movement of the 1950s, which explains why the House looks like a ski lodge...
...Saretsky said. “It showed great depth for us, and it showed that Thea and Katie have improved. All three of them can help push each other a little bit.”Sophomore Cara Sprague—having just finished her nordic ski season for the Crimson—competed for the first time this season in the steeplechase. She placed third in the event with an 11:41.87 finish.The women’s 4x400 team—Emde, Lee, Orchowski, and Ng—took second in the event with a time of 3:58.25.Sophomore...
...professor at the University of Massachusetts, Lisak researches the motives and behaviors of rapists to construct a psychological portrait of a rapist that diverges from stereotypes of the “nice guy” date rapist or the “ski mask” man crouching in the bushes...