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...decline. Inflation has rendered unsustainable the food and fuel subsidies on which millions of poor Syrians depend. Enter President Assad, who Syrians hope can help attract much needed foreign investment. Once persona non grata in the West, Assad is more secure than ever at home and abroad. The violence that followed U.S. regime change in Iraq has raised his profile in a region where stability is often valued over freedom. In August, French President Nicolas Sarkozy became the first Western leader to visit Damascus in five years, a reward to Assad for launching a peace initiative with Israel...
...Running for the American presidency is unlike any other job and its application process is accordingly unique. On Nov. 4, America will not just elect talking points, ten-part plans, and clever soundbytes, but a leader with the vision to set the tone for America both at home and abroad. Although McCain did a decent job on the technical criteria, he had woefully inadequate forethought. A president can always hire brilliant advisers to set policy, but when it comes to leadership the buck stops here. George Hayward ’11, a Crimson editorial writer, is a government concentrator...
...Debaters stayed within time limits without any red lights or warnings from the moderator. The debate format included time for responses from the other debaters, as well as closing statements from each participant. Debaters took strong stances on various issues. Cavedon proposed a massive reduction in military bases stationed abroad and said that neither Barack Obama nor Sarah Palin is qualified to be president. While the debate didn’t devolve into character attacks, there was plenty of disagreement among participants. Dasher, an Obama supporter, and Cavedon, a McCain fan, disagreed on almost every issue...
...exodus, the tide of Irish migration took a definitive turn in the late 1980s, when the Irish diaspora started to come home. Maebh Walsh was one of those who returned. The 49-year-old designer decided to move back to Dublin after years living in Arizona. Walsh says living abroad for so long caused her family to return "more aware of our background and our 'Irishness.' So when we came back in 1988 and had children, we wanted them to have our culture...
...Tischfield first heard about the Ceramics Micro-Enterprise Project in an e-mail he received last summer. After working with clay for the past six years, he hoped to find a post-graduate experience abroad that combined his interests—archeology and ceramics. The Ceramics Micro-Enterprise Project seemed to fit the bill...