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...position, McLoughlin will work closely with Hammonds, preparing briefings for meetings and writing background reports to aid with College decision-making. McLoughlin will also help Hammonds manage her staff both within University Hall and in other College offices, according to the announcement...
...resources, you could always launch your own counterattack: Barack Obama, frustrated with the false rumors being spread about his background and religious history, created a website in June called Fight The Smears to debunk them. But taking matters into one's own hands can be fraught. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales was notoriously outed in 2005 for attempting to whitewash his own entry on the site (Wiki contributors noted that he deleted references to his Wikipedia co-founder, Larry Sanger, as well as to a search site he founded that included adult content). Now a monitoring program called WikiWatcher aims...
...easily comprehend them in small clusters and then, if they wish, to step back and make larger associations among works from various groupings. The exhibit’s didactic intent is evident. The wall tags are incredibly informative and have thorough explanations, taking time to explain not only the background history of a specific art movement with which an artist is associated, but to offer deep analysis and interpretation of the work itself. In the show’s first gallery, four works that one may never have imagined would occupy the same wall combine to produce a progression...
...drones. They point out that enlisted Army personnel fly that service's unmanned aircraft, and that enlisted airmen are known to spend a lot of time playing video games - a key skill in this line of work. "It does not take a commissioned officer with a university and leadership background, and years of training flying fighters and such, to fly something like a flight simulator," Air Force Cadet Michael Warzinski said in a message on an official Air Force website reacting to Schwartz's initiative. To which General Schwartz, who is said to be open to the idea, might...
...diplomat. But like a parade of world leaders before him, he is discovering that the appeal of foreign affairs prevails over domestic politics. Making compromises with other countries brings a satisfaction that is hard to secure in dealings with more fractious national actors, who rarely fade graciously into the background...