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...Human Rights Watch says has put the country "into a deep freeze." A number of other activists have been harassed or detained, including Gao Zhisheng, a pioneering lawyer who had written an open letter calling for greater democracy in China and characterizing the upcoming Beijing 2008 Games as the "Handcuff Olympics." Petitioners have not only been rounded and forcibly sent home but the "Petitioners Village" near the Beijing south train station - a collection of shacks and semi-collapsed buildings where petitioners sheltered - was demolished three weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Beijing, a Season to Lie Low | 10/3/2007 | See Source »

...robust 207.4 yards per game. However, Yale hasn’t faced a rushing defense of Harvard’s staunchness. Senior tackle Michael Berg leads a unit that rates an 8.5 on the Mohs scale of hardness, somewhere between topaz and corundum. They should be able to handcuff McLeod, and, I’m guessing, Bulldogs QB Matt Polhemus, untested because of the run game’s success (21 pass attempts per game, five touchdowns in nine outings) isn’t prepared for the challenge. In addition to the benefits of hosting, the psychological element in this...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: IN LEHMAN'S TERMS: Dawson, Defense Spell Harvard Win | 11/17/2006 | See Source »

...you’re about to meet up with Samwise and scale Mt. Doom. Some of you have already discovered subatomic particles, yet you still haven’t discovered the joys and practicality of the pocket, wallet, or purse. Buy a briefcase, put your ID in it, and handcuff it to you wrist if it’s that important to you. Just keep that lanyard off your neck and out of sight if you don’t want to stick out as a frosh...

Author: By Eric A. Kester | Title: You’re Embarrassing Yourself | 9/25/2006 | See Source »

...frenzy, he ran back and hit two officers—striking Officer McAuliffe in the nose and Officer Hoey on the left side of his head—before they were finally able to handcuff him, the police report said...

Author: By Anna L. Tong, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Student Freed of Criminal Charges | 9/21/2006 | See Source »

...retreat for budget-minded travelers. But Mary and Randy Carben didn't make the trip there from their home in Bridgeview, Ill., for a vacation. They were at Spring Creek because it's where their son John had lived since the morning in June when the Carbens paid two handcuff-brandishing escorts to take their 17-year-old there. Despite its bucolic appearance, Spring Creek is a specialty boarding school that uses strict behavior-modification techniques to rehabilitate troubled kids. John, whose parents made the agonizing decision to commit him to the school after he punched his mother, had made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: How to Save a Troubled Kid? | 11/22/2004 | See Source »

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