Word: underground
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...warm sunshine - so often the backdrop to bloody protests in London, from the anti-Catholic Gordon riots of the 18th century to the Notting Hill race riots in the 1950s - marchers set off for the bank from four of the capital's underground stations, each group led by a "horseman of the apocalypse." At London Bridge, protesters walked to the blast of a trombone with a medley of motives. "Can we overthrow the government?" bellowed Chris Knight, one of the event's organizers. "Yes we can!" Beside an effigy of Fred Goodwin, the former boss of the Royal Bank...
...Economics lecturer Jeffrey A. Miron thinks the U.S. should legalize drugs, because, as he simply puts it, it's the "only way to reduce violence." Prohibition means underground markets and the concomitant violence and corruption, he argues. Take Ec 1017 to learn more...
...Boston College abruptly rescinded two student groups' invitation to former Weather Underground member William Ayers to speak on campus. The spokesman for BC said he had no clue Ayers was due to speak until the Boston Herald told him so—and shortly thereafter, the event was canceled. But indefatigable student organizers are trying to get the founding member of the violent, radical left organization to speak off-campus...
...China, India, Thailand, Malaysia and South Korea are propping up - and massively enriching - Burma's top brass. In the first nine months of 2008, foreign investment in Burma almost doubled year on year to nearly $1 billion, according to government figures that don't even take into account significant underground economic activity. Burma today is estimated to produce 90% of the world's rubies by value, 80% of its teak, and is home to one of Asia's biggest oil and natural-gas reserves. The country's jade is the world's finest, and its largely untouched rivers promise plentiful...
Dining Hall: Subterranean: an unparalleled. if underground, dining experience. The ID-swiper, Sonia, makes a point to know every Winthropian’s name—and even the names of their most frequent guests. The dining hall stays open 24 hours, drawing problem-set troglodytes and mixer-seeking second-semester seniors on a nightly basis...