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...year yesterday, President Kyle M. Brown addressed a packed crowd—one whose size vastly exceeded its energy. “So we have a little bit of business,” Brown said. “I love meetings that end early.” At the brief meeting yesterday, the executive board of the Graduate Council, the student government of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, announced deadlines for fall conference grants and student group funding, provided updates on the Parental Accommodation report for student parents, and held elections for various committee positions. The meeting also...
...Porter, looking back on the incident says that the complaints were a brief interruption in an otherwise collegial house community, and that the students’ concerns were addressed immediately...
...tack. "The continuing market turbulence shows why we need a new settlement for our times," he said, announcing proposals to "rebuild the world financial system." That's a massive ambition for a man struggling to control his own party, but the U.S. pollster Stan Greenberg, in Manchester on a brief break from advising Barack Obama's campaign, believes it offers Brown's best hope for survival. "If there's going to be a comeback, it will be through managing the current economic crisis," says Greenberg. Pressed to name leaders who have rebounded from such a low ebb, Greenberg cited Margaret...
...high school age to take part in 'Joy Brigades'" to help him and his officials relax. • Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has said of Kim with regards to the soundness of his thinking and decision making: "I found him very much on the top of his brief...
Bush, George W. • cake not publicly consumed during Hurricane Ike by •fundraising trip cancelled by in order to "closely monitor the situation in our financial markets" •ridiculously brief statement on economic crisis read by, then podium instantly turned away from...