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...interviewer so confident of skewering evasions that he seems almost languid as he moves in for the kill. Jeremy Paxman's usual quarry are obfuscating politicians, but his target on Oct. 17 was Michael Lyons, chairman of the BBC Trust. Lyons, Paxman's bosses' boss, had agreed to appear on the BBC's in-depth news program Newsnight to give his explanation for staff cuts and other measures the director general would announce the following day. These would include a paring back of the BBC's much-vaunted news-gathering operation. How, Paxman wondered, could such a move...
...From information gleaned from talks with the administration, Krahel claims that, in addition to the UC party fund, the administration will crack down on House Committees and Stein Clubs next. “House events will inevitably appear less attractive, because BATs are going to play a greater role. The only parties that remain will be those that exist off campus at places like final clubs,” predicts Krahel...
...result—by renaming Watson-Crick nucleotide base pairing or otherwise—absurd. No matter how objectionable James Watson’s personal views are, they have little effect on the profound benefits his research has created for humanity. For that matter, it does not appear that Watson actually stands by his racist remarks. Shortly after the scandal broke, Watson told The Associated Press “I cannot understand how I could have said what I am quoted as having said. There is no scientific basis for such a belief.” The true danger...
...significant changes recommended in January 2006 by a Faculty committee charged with reviewing how Harvard teaches writing have been made. Preceptors interviewed said that those changes—smaller class sizes, increased salaries for writing instructors, and more involvement of tenured and tenure-track professors—appear to be years off. Some cited turnovers in leadership and a lack of enthusiasm from administrators in University Hall as reasons for the lack of change...
Iraqi Kurds appear to be relying on Washington to intervene, but the U.S. is caught between a rock and a hard place. North Iraq is the only relatively stable region in that country and the Kurds there are its only allies. Washington has repeatedly urged respect for Iraq's sovereignty. At the same time, however, Turkey is one of the biggest U.S. allies - the only mainly Muslim NATO member and a key player in a volatile region that Washington cannot risk alienating. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asked Ankara Sunday for "a few more days" and was told...