Word: tears
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...protest in southern China's Dongzhou village, where three people had been detained while demanding compensation for land that residents say had been seized by local officials to build a power plant. Hundreds of riot police and soldiers, plus several tanks, were called in to disperse the protesters with tear gas?not that unusual in a country where standoffs over everything from environmental degradation to land seizures are increasing every year. In 2004, China was rocked by 74,000 "mass incidents," according to Beijing's own estimate. "Villagers are emboldened when they hear of other protests," says Joseph Cheng...
...grab its first lead of the game with 2:25 remaining in the half, going ahead 30-28 on a free throw by Stehle. Both Stehle and freshman guard Drew Housman, who finished with 12 points and five steals, sparked the Crimson during the two-minute tear. The Terriers countered with a 9-2 run of their own to end the half, and the score stood 37-32 at the intermission. BU shot a scorching 61.9 percent from the field in the first half, and Harvard shot a 42.3 clip—but the Crimson trailed by just five points...
...Harvard doesn’t seem to want to renovate Charlesview as it takes over the surrounding blocks. Instead, the University pushes to tear down the apartments and relocate their residents somewhere way out of sight of the future campus. One tenant informed me that she and her neighbors have received multiple phone calls in a single week pressuring them to sell...
...China's sexual revolution has also brought unpleasant side effects. Although sex education is supposedly mandatory in Chinese middle schools, "many older teachers are too embarrassed, so they tear out the pages about sex from the textbooks," says Hu Peicheng, secretary-general of the China Sexology Association in Beijing. With little knowledge of birth control, an increasing number of unmarried women are getting pregnant in a culture in which single motherhood is still taboo. A survey by Shanghai medical researcher Yan Fengting found that 65% of urban women undergoing abortions in 2004 were single, compared with just...
...short in a huge non-conference road test on Saturday, falling 54-48 to the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. The Crimson rallied from a nine-point halftime deficit to tie the game at 46 with 4:55 remaining before the Cavaliers finished the game on an 8-2 tear. “It was a learning experience to lose that game,” sophomore forward Adrian Budischak said. “We made some mistakes in the last three minutes, but we stayed together as a team. It’s always disappointing to lose, and this game...