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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...role Twitter would play in operations, the Met emitted only three terse tweets during the first day of the camp. "Mobile police station, for help or info, is in Wat Tyler Road," read @CO11MetPolice's last tweet of the evening. The campsite had finally been revealed: a scrubby stretch of common land in southeast London, the exact spot where Wat Tyler started an ill-fated peasants' revolt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bobby on the Tweet: British Police Try Twitter | 8/27/2009 | See Source »

...leak of confidentiality at some point, and this lead to some insensitive reactions." Semenya has already overcome an incredible challenge by becoming a world champion. But as a result of the poor handling of what should have been a very private test, no matter the results, the most difficult stretch of her life may yet be ahead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is a Female Track Star a Man? No Simple Answer | 8/25/2009 | See Source »

...easy to see why lawmakers might become accustomed to flying on the 89th Airlift Wing's jets. The planes sport first-class leather seats, workstations and galleys and are staffed with military personnel to whip up passengers' meals, carry their bags and fix their favorite drinks. And they can stretch out: the C-40, a military version of the 737, can fly with as few as five lawmakers aboard. The same planes carry up to 149 passengers for commercial airlines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spotlight: Congressional Aircraft | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

Seneca: 1. A final club. 2. No, wait, not a final club. 3. An all-female social organization that is definitely not by any stretch of the imagination a final club, so don’t call us a final club, you chauvinist pig. 4. Also, they have a building. But there are no parties there­—it isn’t a final club, you know...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dictionary of Harvardisms | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

...Camera: Cool things happen at Harvard. You might see the Dalai Lama rolling in a stretch limo behind Lamont, you may run into Emma Watson during breakfast at the ’Berg, and the guys and gals running by your dorm during Primal Scream may be future Congressmen. Needless to say, you’ll want to keep track of your Harvard memories...

Author: By Alex M. Mcleese and Amy Sun, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Must-Haves for Life in College | 8/20/2009 | See Source »

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