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...movement that is pushing back hard against the government's power to meddle with property owners. The campaign is largely a response to the Supreme Court's controversial 2005 decision allowing the city of New London, Conn., to raze private homes for a commercial waterfront project. The ruling struck a deep chord in the American psyche; that the government could seize your house or business in order to build a road for everyone's use was one thing, but the idea that it could hand your property over to private developers was, to many, intolerable...
...Then, without warning, came a thunderbolt. An old-fashioned stage direction might introduce it like this: Old enemy king-hits writer. Depression. Gurr thought he was winning the arm-wrestle of writing one of his plays when it struck. "The marrow turns tepid, the skin spongy, the eyes dry, the feet stepping ahead in a flat counting-to-ten kind of way," he writes. "You begin to identify with inert objects. A fence post, a wardrobe, a cut stump in the park. You see these things and see yourself in them: a dead thing with a faint memory of flowing...
...those days,” Garcia said. HARVARD 11, MIT 8 The spirit that was lacking against Brown made its return Sunday morning against the Engineers. “After Brown, we kind of got that attitude back,” Voith said. Although MIT struck first to gain the early lead, Harvard would not allow a repeat of Saturday’s match. The Crimson quickly struck back and mounted a 3-0 run, ending the first frame 3-2. The advantage continued to teeter back and forth, with Harvard maintaining a slight one-goal lead through halftime...
...shots and repulsed two Big Green corner kicks as well as several free kicks. It was no small feat, as Dartmouth has relied on corners and set plays to drive its offense this year. After the moment passed, the Crimson took control. Between the 78th and 81st minute, Harvard struck twice, putting the game safely out of reach. After a Dartmouth corner kick, freshman defensive midfielder Kwaku Nyamekye booted a long pass to freshman forward André Akpan. After Akpan crossed to Stamatis, the sophomore needed only a few dribbles near the 18-yard line to find the net. Harvard...
...deported as planned, he faces grave danger of detention and torture in Algeria," says an Amnesty spokesman in London, who says at least 12 specific cases of alleged secret detention and torture in Algeria have been reported to his group since 2002. In August, a British court ruling struck down challenges to such deportations on human rights grounds, citing Algeria's recently applied Charter For Peace and Reconciliation - which offers pardons to security force members and surrendered radicals responsible for violent crimes - as a guarantee of fair treatment for deportees. Amnesty mocks that decision and its application in the Doha...