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...block access to Tiananmen Square until a crowd of thousands, led by young toughs using bicycles as battering rams, breaks the line and surges through. By midnight, tens of thousands of cheering Chinese pour into the political epicenter of Beijing, defying orders to leave. Gangs of bare-chested teenagers climb lampposts to lead the masses in sloganeering. A potentially grim scene for any government. Yet every once in a lucky while, history repeats itself not as tragedy but as fun. Nearly everybody is waving a red flag. Chanters yell: "Long live China." And nobody is howling for the downfall...
...their thatched roofs and cleanly swept earthen yards, smarts through the smoke of fires that eclipse the midday sun and loses focus after miles of palm oil and rubber plantations. The only constant is a Caltex pipeline, gray and monotonous, elevated just high enough so that families have to climb either under or over it to reach their homes from the road. It's just another reminder that the land's riches are going somewhere else...
Weihenmayer can climb all the peaks he wants, but don't expect me to call him a hero! There are too many people at sea level who work for a living, struggling to support families and pay mortgages while this guy goofs off on mountains, risking not only his life but also the lives of his human seeing-eye guides. I never doubted for a second that disabled people are capable of doing fun stuff like skiing and scuba diving, so I don't find it newsworthy that this guy can put one foot in front of the other...
...Stephen E. Sachs ’02, a history concentrator in Quincy House, is editorial chair of The Crimson. This summer, he returns to Capitol Hill to begin Phase Two of his long, dark climb to power. Muhahahaha...
...worried about going on a ride, or if something about plunging headlong through space protected only by a steel cage strikes you as unnatural, you're certainly not alone - stick to the cotton candy. And if you've got kids who are determined to climb aboard a ride that gives you the willies, do your homework. Check the park's safety records and the incident reports (which parks are required to file in case of accidents that require first aid). Smell the breath of the kid operating the ride. Kick the proverbial tires (for in only a few rides, like...