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...assistants to Heraldo Munoz, the Chilean ambassador, is Peter Fitzgerald, a retired senior officer with Ireland's national police force. "Fitzgerald has worked on Hariri and in Bosnia," adds Haroon, "he's a great sleuth." Haroon sees the need for an investigation of international stature to allay the not uncommon suspicion of official collusion in her death. (Read: "A Year After Bhutto: Tears and Troop Movements...
...scared to death. You can imagine, if somebody's approaching retirement, and all of a sudden the funds that he or she is depending on is depleted by 50% or however many, it gives them a sinking feeling in the pit of their stomach. I was trying to allay some of those fears...
...According to Blendon, the survey aimed to gather information on how people respond to crisis so that public officials can be more effective. Knowing that nearly half of parents with young children in school are still concerned, school officials could relay more information about their responses to allay the parents’ fears, Blendon said. Though the survey showed an increase in awareness about the H1N1 flu, it also revealed several areas in which Americans still lacked knowledge. For example, many people were not aware of the CDC’s recent decision to change the name of the disease...
...Nuni, who introduced the bill to the Council in last night’s meeting, gave a Power Point presentation on the subject that seemed to allay some concerns about potential safety and liability issues for the Council...
Administrators in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences did little to allay students’ fears about impending cuts at yesterday’s town hall meeting hosted by the Undergraduate Council. The meeting came two weeks after FAS Dean Michael D. Smith announced that a broad restructuring would be necessary to close a $220 million deficit over the next two years...