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...American troops. But U.S. commanders on the ground know there was no goodwill behind the decision. "It wasn't because Sadr saw Jesus--let's put it that way," says Major Christopher Coglianese, a staff officer in Baghdad. More likely, the Mahdi Army is waiting for the Americans to begin their drawdown from Baghdad next year. Sunnis worry that when the U.S. troops leave, the Shi'ite militias will resume their pogroms...
...framework into a stage where we are refining those aspirations.”The Globe article noted that construction of the first piece of the University’s 350-acre Allston campus—a $1 billion science complex—will remain on schedule and begin next spring.Although Faust said she has not committed the University to a dramatic change in planning, she appears to be taking a more consultative approach to the expansion compared with her predecessor, Lawrence. H. Summers.Faust has emphasized hearing from stakeholders on both sides of the river before committing Harvard to development projects...
After six months of shuttered windows, the Pfoho Grille will begin serving its signature chicken fingers, mozzarella sticks, and sundaes again today. Some Pfohosers have grown restless over the renovation of the grille, which began in June but took almost two months longer than expected. “People started getting frustrated,” Stephen W. Piatelli ’10 said, adding that some Pforzheimer House residents have been resorting to Brain Break. “It’ll make a huge impact on how people get their late-night snacks,” he said. Yesterday...
...professor at Harvard should be like.” MacMahon’s son Michael recalled how important education was to his father. “Pops was a family man first,” he said. “He tried to get us all into medicine to begin with, but in the end he thought that education was extremely important no matter what direction you went with it.” In addition to being a scientist, MacMahon was also an accomplished classical pianist. According to his son, he almost forwent his career in medicine to study music...
With its admissions cycle set to begin in earnest, Harvard’s biggest graduate school announced that it would increase its financial support for admitted applicants in an attempt to entice promising students to enroll...