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...Peisker recalls the OIP telling her. Through contacts at the HURI, Peisker finally found a spot at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, where she says she was the only international student—ever. Her four classes, all in Ukrainian, were approved by the College for elective credit. Upon arriving at the university she says she found the atmosphere to be generally more laid back, a feeling she would miss upon her return home. Even though Piesker encountered a fair number of surprises while living in Ukraine—including cholera, daily power outages, and having running water only...
...spite of the added pressures of collegiate athletics and scientific pursuits, these Harvard athletes have been able to endure the difficulties thrown their way, and look back upon their college careers with satisfaction...
...great bed had broken beneath the weight of its energetic occupants. Felicity now snatched up a thick splinter of wood and thrust it into the fireplace. Holding her torch aloft, she sprang upon Zalathal’s back. For a moment she hesitated, looking around her at Roxanna’s chamber. It had to burn. Almost delicately, she touched the flaming tip of the torch to the vanity table. The wood curled slowly away and then burst into flames. Felicity dug her heels into the stallion’s flanks...
...last pillars of the house crumbled in a roar. Earth and sky shook. The flames made a final, seething rally, and cast a heathen glow upon Roxanna’s swollen belly...
...spike in drug-violence in Guatemala coincides with the crackdown on organized crime in Mexico, which that country's president, Felipe Calderon, declared two years ago upon taking office. Since then gnarly murders and vicious turf wars have broken out in both Mexico and Guatemala, as traffickers seek to reposition their operations. Mexican cartels are also looking to control routes along the highly porous Guatemala-Mexico border and elsewhere in Central America. "Now there's an all-out struggle to see who gets to dominate this link in the drug trafficking chain," says Bagley. The contenders include Mexico...