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...pinned him down with their feet and beat him in the torso with the butts of their guns. When he tried to speak, he got a sharp jab in the ribs. His captors emptied his pockets and took his cheap wristwatch and his belt and shoes. As the car sped away, one man put a hood over Waddah's head and, using a plastic tie, bound his wrists behind his back. All that happened in a few moments, and Waddah says he could only think, "This is a mistake--they think I'm somebody else." But it wasn...
...very different in the fall,” Kharrazi says. “I was coming from a large team to a small team, and as a freshman, the biggest thing was feeling I had to prove myself.”That she did quickly. Her drive to succeed sped her to the top, and she found her niche with her other teammates, bonding with them and sharing a drive to succeed.“Everyone was very welcoming,” Kharrazi says. “Because we all have the same goal—go as fast...
...face Fordham University on Saturday and Iona on Sunday. Harvard (7-6-1) toppled MIT last Thursday and looked to continue its success away from home. The Crimson, however, could not complete the road trip sweep during the weekend. The perfect week was within view after the Crimson squad sped past Fordham with a convincing 9-6 victory. But in New Rochelle, N.Y., a heart-breaking buzzer-beater brought the perfect weekend to an end as Iona College toppled Harvard 13-12 in overtime. IONA 13, HARVARD 12 (OT) The Crimson faced tough opposition on Sunday morning. With time slowing...
...were Conservative diseases: feuding, plotting, depression, exhaustion. Almost 10 years in power is a long time, and it has dulled Labour's survival instinct. Regardless of his star qualities, Blair remains in office only by having promised to leave it within a year. His Iraq-fueled fall from grace, sped by scandals and missteps, has left 70% of voters saying it's "time for a change." Last week police interviewed his political gatekeeper Ruth Turner about whether Labour sold peerages to big donors, part of an inquiry that has led to the arrest of three people (all deny wrongdoing...
...gather more than a dozen signatures for petitions. But when activists created a new umbrella organization?dubbed "8406 Group" because it was formed on April 8, 2006?they trumpeted it on VoIP forums and quickly got 2,000 members, many under the age of 30. "Voice chat has sped up the democracy process," says Giang. Says Julien Pain, head of the Internet Freedom Desk for the NGO Reporters Sans Fronti?res: "In Asia, Vietnamese dissidents seem to be even better than their neighbors at using this new tool...