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Porto is still a little queasy about what she is able to do. She ended a match with a woman in her own weight class with a chokehold that left the opponent in convulsions. , "I was a little worried about what I had done," she confesses. But, "in Vale Tudo, it's everyone for themselves. If it hadn't been her, it would have been me on the floor...
Without leadership rosters, and with club loyalties, the College’s policy is crippled. The weight of this policy is going to fall right past the shoulders of final clubs and other non-recognized social clubs and will land on recognized student groups that hold social events. These organizations—such as Harvard Model Congress, the Harvard College Democrats, and The Crimson—provide invaluable social outlets for those students who prefer to skip the bi-weekly parade through the mansions on Mount Auburn Street...
...Siriporn is not the first Thai to box her way out of jail. Two years ago, fellow inmate Wannee Chaisena faced another Japanese, Nanako Kikuchi, in the 2005 world straw-weight title bout. Like Siriporn, Wannee was in prison for dealing methamphetamine, or "crazy drug" as it's known in Thai. Unlike Siriporn, Wannee suffered a technical knockout. But the beaten fighter still managed an early exit from prison the following year, when Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej pardoned her, along with three other female prison pugilists...
...busy schedule of world-wide speaking appearances, penned columns for the Financial Times, and took a job in finance, all while maintaining a quiet presence on campus. The difference is the pressure and the expectations—colleagues say that Summers has been able to shed the weight of his high-profile presidency and emerge...
...several of the all-star candidates had unambiguously withdrawn, and many of them decided to throw their weight behind Faust. Sometime in the fall, Gutmann, who had taken the helm of Penn just two years earlier, told the committee in person that she was not interested, according to one of the sources. On a separate trip to Cambridge in early October, she met with Faust, an old friend, over lunch at Upstairs on the Square. Soon after, Gutmann told the committee she supported Faust, the source said...