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...search of an opening. They punch wildly, sometimes hitting the opponent's face or body, more often hitting air and stumbling off balance. The crowd of young men leaning on their Chinese-made motorcycles doesn't seem to mind. Their whoops and jeers accompany every haymaker and uppercut thrown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Punching Their Way Out of Poverty? | 6/6/2008 | See Source »

...phone was clearly contraband, as indicated by all the signs hanging around the station. But, for Mohammed, the instinct for self-preservation was overridden by the desire to help the other guy call home. That sealed his fate: The police chief saw the act of disobedience, and Mohammed was thrown into a cell where I could no longer...

Author: By James Buck | Title: Fair Trade Journalism | 6/4/2008 | See Source »

Moore, who oversees approximately 150 magazines and 40 Web sites, advised the graduates that they should always maintain their priorities. Though she has dined at the White House, attended the Academy Awards, and thrown out the opening pitch at Shea Stadium three times, Moore said that her most lasting memory has been the time that she has spent with her family...

Author: By Kevin Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Moore Delivers Advice to Business School Grads | 6/4/2008 | See Source »

...think the opportunities here are absolutely amazing in some respects and limited in other ways,” HRDC president Allison B. Kline ’09 said. While she said she appreciates the experience she’s gained by being thrown into administration, production, and design duties, Kline said she would prefer more aid from the University in gradually acquiring those skills...

Author: By Patrick R. Chesnut, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: University Arts Take Center Stage | 6/4/2008 | See Source »

...Ahhh, America. As Dinock told her joke, I wondered how Hillary Clinton would have reacted if she had been there to hear it. I know how she would have reacted a year ago: with an awkward chill, a brisk Methodist propriety. These days, though, I imagine Clinton would have thrown back her head and guffawed. And maybe said something like "Ain't that the truth." That has been Hillary Clinton's story this year: she has learned how to be at ease with people like Margaret Dinock, and has come to believe that she - and only she - can adequately represent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Hillary Unite the Party? | 6/4/2008 | See Source »

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