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...wider, the chance of renewed armed conflict grows stronger. "To the military, we [ethnic minorities] are like mosquitoes," says a young Arakanese Buddhist monk, who participated in the crushed antigovernment uprising of September 2007 and chafes at Burmese discrimination against his people. "We buzz in their ear, and they slap at us and don't care if they kill us." But, he adds, "there are many mosquitoes." In the end, it may be the foreign participants in this new Great Game, unschooled in how to navigate ethnic complexities, who will get bitten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Scramble For A Piece of Burma | 3/19/2009 | See Source »

...there’s this year’s loss to the Engineers, in which top-seeded Harvard shockingly found itself down, 2-0, but then clawed its way back and forced overtime, only to see its comeback efforts nullified by a Laura Gersten slap shot in sudden death...

Author: By Loren Amor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: AMOR PERFECT UNION: Hockey Season Lacks Luster | 3/11/2009 | See Source »

...Crimson extended its lead in the final period after freshman Daniel Moriarty fired a one-time slap shot past Scrivens...

Author: By Jake I. Fisher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Beats Cornell in Latest Installment of Rivalry, Gains Ground in Conference | 2/16/2009 | See Source »

...Hands slap, fists bump, and we're under...

Author: By Crimson staff | Title: LIVE BLOG: MEN'S BASKETBALL AT COLUMBIA | 2/14/2009 | See Source »

...Sprint Cup circuit, recently ruminated about three-time defending champ Jimmie Johnson at a media event. "Great guy," he said. "He's a neighbor. I like him a lot. I like his wife. But if Jimmie would just get out of his car and go over and slap somebody one time, that would help. He can slap me. I don't care, but I'd just like to see these drivers get something going other than just going around. We need a fight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Daytona Drag: NASCAR Tries to Outrace the Recession | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

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