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...decision in 1987 to adopt a common standard for digital mobile telephony gave both the telecoms and handset manufacturers like Ericsson and Nokia the security of knowing that there was a huge single market for their products. The consequence: a whole new appreciation for the virtues of the opposable thumb...
...very strong position to win that bid. I think that’s the more realistic picture here.”Pensler’s classmate and fellow foil fencer Misha Goldfeder qualified for the next level. Goldfeder fenced much of the spring with a nagging thumb injury, but managed to heal just in time to win the Intercollegiate Fencing Association Championship last weekend and then dominate this weekend.Parker’s weaponmate junior Alexa Weingarden’s season also continues.The women’s epee continued its dominance this spring season with two top finishers...
...three newest recruits have thrived helping the Crimson to a 2nd place finish in the Ivy League and a No. 4 national ranking the USFCA Coaches’ Poll. The youth movement has been led by Goldfeder, who has fenced much of the spring season with a nagging thumb injury on her weapon hand. The Rochester N.Y. native, apparently unfazed by the handicap, placed first in this past weekend’s IFA Individual Championship for women’s foil as Harvard won its third consecutive IFA three-weapon title. “You never know what even...
...because freshman students are having nightly orgies in their Greenough suites, spurred on by a Harvard-issued license to fornicate; or it could be because repressed conservative students stole all the condoms and destroyed them in a measure to keep female sexuality under the Man’s thumb. Most likely, it’s because “free” is every Harvard student’s favorite price. Can we talk about something else...
...dictator. But they received no protection from the allied forces, and Saddam was able to smash the revolt. By some estimates, more than 300,000 Shi'ites were killed; many were buried in mass graves. For the rest of his reign, Saddam kept the Shi'ites firmly under his thumb. Several popular clerics were killed, including Muqtada's father. Saddam ordered the murder of Sunnis too, but there was a crucial difference. "When Saddam killed a Sunni, it was personal--because of something that person had done," says author Nasr. "But when it came to killing Shi'ites...