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...improve its coastal-defense operations and to better protect Vietnamese fishing fleets. Still, considering China's size and wealth, there's little talk of an arms race in the region. "Vietnam is subject to the tyranny of geography. It's like a mid-sized Chinese province," says Carl Thayer, an authority on the Vietnamese military at the Australian Defence Force Academy. "If the elephant really decides to move, the Vietnamese will be squashed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China and Vietnam: Clashing Over an Island Archipelago | 1/14/2010 | See Source »

When Eva Z. Lam ’10 arrived at Harvard, she was amazed not by the beautiful architecture or brilliant students, but by her bathroom in Thayer. Coming from an underfunded public high school in Milwaukee where toilet paper was scarce, Lam was awestruck by Harvard’s never-ending supply of TP. “I got here and was like, this is incredible!” she jokes...

Author: By Samantha L. Connolly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Most Interesting Seniors 2010: Eva Z. Lam | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

Shaomin C. Chew ’13, a Crimson editorial writer, lives in Thayer Hall...

Author: By Shaomin C. Chew | Title: The Fate of Science | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

...have seen no evidence to that so far,” says Josh A. Bookin, a Thayer proctor who is admittedly not a strong believer in ghosts. “The most notable of the out of the ordinary activities are parties that need to be broken up.” Note to Thayerites: Bookin will not be accepting a fear of ghosts as an excuse to cuddle up with him in his room...

Author: By Nicole Savdie, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Thayer and its Friendly Ghost | 10/29/2009 | See Source »

...site of last minute cramming, illegal parties, and early morning wake-up calls (courtesy of its bells), Thayer, according to Hollow Hills, was once the home of a textile mill. For what we can only assume were the mill’s amazing health benefits or notable 401(k) plan, its employees haven’t seemed to want to quit for a few centuries...

Author: By Nicole Savdie, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Thayer and its Friendly Ghost | 10/29/2009 | See Source »

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