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...real name) is not the only one talking. In an interview with TIME, a high-ranking insurgent leader confirms what the teenager suggests: a new generation of militants is tightening its grip on the south, employing increasingly brutal methods that threaten to wreck an uncommon mood of conciliation in Bangkok. The leader, who calls himself Hassam and commands 250 fighters, claims there is now at least one militant cell in 80% of southern villages. His and Ma-ae's rare testimony help to illuminate a shadowy insurgency remarkable for its secrecy, resilience and bloodiness...
...most Harvard graduates, it’s not uncommon to enter into a profession frequented by their peers. Most often, they graduate, enter the workforce, and some point down the line, their paths cross again...
...you’re an elitist,” he says. “Being healthy these days, or informed, or being of healthy mind and body is the new act of civil disobedience.”But Linklater seems to have put faith into an uncommon hope: that a new leader will emerge in American politics to save our fast food nation from itself.“The most effective person, the leader, emerges out of the workplace, and that’s what I think our political culture needs right now—someone to emerge...
...vast supply of guards, as well as the nature of the Ivy League, arouse several other intriguing possibilities.The Ancient Eight is extremely perimeter-oriented, and teams with three or even four small, speedy players running the ball up and down the floor, driving and launching threes is not an uncommon sight.If Sullivan chooses to, he certainly has the horses to take this kind of approach.One option at the three-guard would be junior James Lambert, a good shooter with two years of college experience under his belt.Should Sullivan decide to dip into his supply of freshmen, even more doors open...
Allston Burr Resident Dean of Lowell House Ryan M. Spoering said that the apparent theft is “not an uncommon occurrence when people leave their windows unlocked. It’s always just a risk...