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...role of the army is one of the most important factors in the crisis now facing Pakistan. The first coup under General Ayub Khan might have been justified under the circumstances, but having tasted power, the army went on to undermine the authority of elected governments and attain a privileged position in the country. Portraying India as the permanent enemy justified the allocation of a huge percentage of national GDP for defence. The army, particularly during the period of General Zia ul-Haq, also engaged in systematic Islamization of the state by bringing in the Wahabi concept of Islam from...
...interference in the votes can take place except in favor of their own candidate," he said. Mohtashamipour also expressed concerns that Ahmadinejad had received a fatwa to slander some of the Islamic republic's stalwarts, like Ali Akbar Rafsanjani, in televised debates in recent weeks, implying that he could attain further sanctions from hard-line clerics to meddle with votes. (See pictures of the lasting influence of Ayatullah Khomeini...
...encourage our sons and daughters to achieve success through whatever means necessary, whether on the baseball field or in the library. Professional athletes and Harvard students both earn respect for their “enhanced performance,” and the lengths to which they have gone to attain it. The meritocracy doles out lucrative compensation accordingly...
...earnings spectrum—when paying for necessities. So MBAs and others who egoistically seek to maximize income as a path to happiness are likely taking the wrong approach. Unethical or immoral behavior as a means to increase income, therefore, is probably not the right way to attain overall happiness either...
...Barron, who is on leave from Harvard for a job in the Obama administration, also seems unlikely to leave D.C. for the Griswold office. One faculty member added that, given his youth, Barron will likely have another chance to attain the top job at the Law School...