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...Friday, the Crimson (11-7, 4-2 Ivy) was in sleepy Ithaca, N.Y., dismantling the weak Big Red squad (5-13, 1-4), 65-57, with the type of stifling defense that has become a Harvard hallmark...
...descent of the drug czar's teenage daughter into a cocaine/heroine hell. He shows us the people who profit from selling self-destruction to a bored, insensate American upper class, but he also shows us that those people are ruthless and evil, and that someone--even the woefully weak agents of our criminal justice system--needs to stand against them...
...jumbled gravestones crammed into a dusty playground corner look forlorn in the weak midwinter sun. The boisterous calls of children playing cricket nearby remove all sense of solemnity. It is not an impressive spot for dead heroes. But this Srinagar burial plot, known as the Martyrs Graveyard, is the final resting place for many of the victims of violent Kashmir, the battleground of one of the world's most bitter disputes?the one between India and Pakistan...
...open demonstrations in Pakistani cities of militants working out, scaling walls and showing other martial tricks. Generous donors are invited to visit the not-so-secret camps to see how their money is spent.) Phase two is designed to push each volunteer to his physical limit and cull the weak from the strong. In the final weeks, recruits use live ammunition, construct actual explosives and perfect ambush techniques. The final exam lasts three days. A group of trainees, sometimes as large as 100 individuals, hikes and climbs through high-altitude, wooded terrain for three days without food or sleep. They...
attempt to change the form of government in Cambridge, which is based on a weak, mostly ceremonial mayor chairing School Committee and council meetings, and a strong city manager overseeing the daily management of the city...