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...during a press conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad on Sunday had pretty good aim. If it weren't for the President's quick duck and weave, he might have had more than just a surprised look on his face. "So what if a guy threw his shoe at me?" Bush said, brushing off the incident. Perhaps we should chalk that statement up as yet another of the President's cultural misunderstandings of Iraq. (See the top 10 awkward moments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Iraqi Shoe Assault: Worst Foot Forward | 12/15/2008 | See Source »

...Junior Jonathan Brito tied for 10th place in the high jump with 1.85 meters, while sophomore Sean Gil slid into third in the pole vault with a vault of 4.55 meters. Four Harvard men competed in the men’s weight throw, as volunteer coach Chris Bryce threw for a first-place 19.53 meters, men’s co-captain Neville Irani a second-place 17.39 meters, sophomore Eric Clayman a sixth-place 15.78 meters, and junior Jack Brady a seventh-place 14.88 meters. “This meet was a great indication for the beginning of the season...

Author: By Ricky Liu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Seniors Lead Hot Start | 12/14/2008 | See Source »

...sparked this turnaround: the Catamounts began using full court pressure to force turnovers. “I thought that Vermont’s defense was really good,” Delany-Smith said. “We had to do a lot of junk defenses tonight which I think threw them off, took away their comfort zone and messed them up a little bit.” Despite the Crimson’s defensive efforts, by the end of the first half, the score was 34-33, Vermont. The Catamounts also came out strong in the second half, and gained...

Author: By Stephanie Krysiak, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Thrilling Ending Gives Harvard Big Win | 12/12/2008 | See Source »

...most sheltered of pre-frosh. Perhaps as a result, every time that I’ve cleared the hurdle of staying awake past pre-festivities, I wake up the next morning to realize that I’ve done something horrific during the actual festivities. Last May, I threw a drink at the president-elect of a large campus organization, then announced to the room that he regularly wears women’s jeans. This Halloween, I spent two successfully inebriated hours trying to take a friend’s shirt off—not because I wanted to seduce...

Author: By Nan Ni, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 21! Here Nan Comes! | 12/10/2008 | See Source »

...clashes erupted Monday in several midsized cities, on the island of Corfu, and in Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city, where youth overturned trashcans, set them on fire, and threw rocks at a police station. Further protests are planned though this week. Organizers hope they will remain non-violent, but police are preparing for more clashes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Greece Is Wracked By Riots | 12/8/2008 | See Source »

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