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...Erian's geniality could make him a future presidential rival of Mubarak's son, Gamal, 42, who has not ruled out a presidential bid in 2011. It also won't hurt the Brotherhood's image with the U.S. As an activist in the 1980s, el-Erian became friendly with Francis Ricciardone, then a young embassy official and currently ambassador to Egypt. So far, the old acquaintances have failed to reunite. Ricciardone suggests the U.S. ban on meetings could be waived for the Brotherhood's M.P.s, telling TIME, "We have always had contact with elected independent members of parliament." Now that...
...meantime, Equal Exchange is pursuing new ways to do good business. The company is exploring produce markets in what would be a bid to show that squeezing local fruit and vegetable vendors for rock-bottom prices isn't the only way to run a profitable business. In fact, their vendors might be the ones ready to do the squeezing--with hugs of gratitude...
...Unlike the other candidates, Grimeland and Hadfield had little experience on the council—Grimeland is in the midst of his first semester on the council’s Finance Committee, and Hadfield lost an unsuccessful bid for a seat on the council from Eliot House earlier this year...
...what has developed into a turbulent bid for Canadian Parliament, former Kennedy School of Government (KSG) professor of public policy and newly-minted star candidate for Canada’s Liberal party Michael Ignatieff came under attack last Friday over statements he made to the Harvard Crimson concerning his intentions to return to Harvard post-election. Ignatieff, who raised eyebrows when he left Harvard this September to assume a visiting professorship at the University of Toronto in Canada, took a break from academia almost two weeks ago to enter as a Liberal candidate for Canadian Parliament...
...majority of students who entered Harvard in the fall of 2001, last spring marked the conclusion of four years of study at the College. A small portion of the would-be Class of 2005, however, will bid farewell to Harvard in January. Members of the Class of 2005 who returned to school this fall for an additional semester are just now celebrating the end of their theses and the completion of their undergraduate careers. “I feel mostly like a 2005 class member come back to finish my thesis for three months,” said David...