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Executive Director of the U.N. Fund for International Partnerships Amir Dossal began by addressing the gathered students asDossal began by addressing the gathered students as “bright young whiz kids for the future.” Dossal then launched into a discussion of developing world technological initiatives sprinkled with anecdotes about his administration of media mogul Robert E. “Ted” Turner’s billion-dollar grant to the international organization...
...parliament. Many see the proposed laws as Khatami's best chance to deliver on reform. Student rallies are routinely broken up by the Basij, vigilante defenders of the revolution who shout chants like "Death to America!" and disperse demonstrators with chains and sticks. Says one student leader from Amir Kabir University, where protesters had their podium overturned and the sound system turned off during a rally last week, "These militia come inside the universities to create chaos while saying that they are maintaining Islamic values." On the streets outside the campuses, intimidation is also rife. When more than...
...drunken, turquoise-shirted meltdown for new Crimson Key elect and first-time drinker Amir C. Daharphuni ’04. “I am TRASHED!” he exclaimed as he attempted to open the front door to Lowell by sticking his pinky finger in the card swipe slot post-initiation. “Do you like my TIE?” he yelled. “It’s turquoise TOO! HA!” He then yakked on the card swipe machine, rendering it useless and yak-encrusted...
...Crimson president Amir C. Daharpuni ’04 is drunk on power. New A.D. president Franklin C. Flynn ’04 is cracked out on crack...
...they are pretty much the only ones you'll be able to see until the leaves turn in the fall. This week, instead of Star Wars bouncing Spider-Man from theaters, the mall eightplex is likely to give you five Star Wars and three Spider-Mans. Artisan Entertainment CEO Amir Malin is concerned. "Some good word-of-mouth films may be squeezed out by some of these blockbuster films. It could be a very good film, but it may not have the dry powder available to open up with a huge performance...