Word: blocs
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...with 4-6 singles and a party-friendly common room. In the tower, which is one of the tallest buildings in Cambridge, seniors look down on other Houses (literally and figuratively) from the commanding heights of their 18th-floor singles. Yes, the architecture, which residents have affectionately dubbed "Soviet bloc," is unlike any other Harvard House. Prospective residents should note that, in the event of nuclear holocaust, only Mather House and Dunster’s roaches will survive. (Don't worry, they won't last long: roaches can't live in concrete...
Still, that's not good enough for some Iraqis, especially Sunnis worried about their co-religionists, who make up 80% of Bucca's detainee population. The Tawafuk Front, the largest Sunni parliamentary bloc with 44 of the legislature's 275 seats, says it doesn't trust the Shi'ite-led government and wants all of the detainees immediately released, even "the minority" they acknowledge might be al-Qaeda members. "Even if you released an al-Qaeda emir [leader], he won't be able to wreak havoc in the same way he did three years ago," says Omar Almashhadani, a spokesman...
Mather, surprisingly, has so much house spirit that residents are clamoring for prints of the runners-up—including one celebrating "34 years of Soviet Bloc Housing" in "Mathergrad." Rock on, Commies...
...January, she opted for candidates she felt could offer "sustained security, jobs for young people and a better Iraq." Voting went off without violence in Basra (the only incident came when an overenthusiastic Iraqi policeman fired a gun into the air to encourage voters into a polling station). The bloc affiliated with Iraq's Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, benefited from his action against the militias. In Basra, messages of national unity played better than did religious or sectarian appeals. "We have a new breed of politicians who can take Basra into a new phase," says Emad al-Battat, representative...
...best realize her dreams for "sustained security, jobs for young people and a better Iraq." Voting went off without violence in Basra (the only incident to mar the process came when an overenthusiastic Iraqi policeman fired a gun into the air to encourage voters into a polling station). The bloc affiliated with Iraq's Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, reaped benefits from his strong action against the militias; in Basra, messages of national unity played better with the electorate than did religious or sectarian appeals. "We have a new breed of politicians who can take Basra into a new phase...