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...Alfred B. Fantini announced his decision to vote in favor of the measure, thus creating the majority needed to pass the plan, nearly 50 parents left the room. After the final vote was announced, many parents, teachers, and administrators broke into tears...
...After being abused for decades, Kurds in northern Iraq broke free 12 years ago and have been out of Baghdad's reach ever since. But Hussein's presence always hovered over them, assuring them they were never secure. Until today. "This is the happiest day of my life, happier than in 1991," said one peshmerga, Bibo Zebari. From his outpost on top of Maqlub mountain, he'd heard the news of the uprising in Baghdad on the BBC Arabic shortwave service and his soldiers spontaneously began singing and dancing. "We are not just happy for ourselves as Kurds...
...like trying to put together a jigsaw puzzle in the dark, say international health workers. China's opacity, when it has about half of the more than 2,400 reported SARS cases worldwide, is akin to taking away half of the pieces. Last Thursday, Health Minister Zhang Wenkang finally broke a four-month silence to revise the country's death toll upward to 49?a statistic many local doctors maintain is still far too low for concern. Zhang then proceeded to confidently state that "it is now safe to live, work and travel in China." Yet just one day earlier...
...Harry R. Lewis ’68 have tended to elicit passionate responses. Detested by some, loved by others, Lewis certainly made his presence felt during his eight year tenure as Dean of the College. So, when news that he was abruptly asked to step down from his position broke last month, it was clear that the decision that would get considerable attention. As a Council representative, and therefore one of only a handful of people in my house that is actually interested in day-to-day administrative decisions, I was heartened to see students—even my apolitical...
...second of the round-robin opening matches proved to be a Pyrrhic victory for Harvard, as the team avenged an early-season defeat at the hands of Bucknell, but lost one of its stars in the process when sophomore Teresa Codini broke her right index finger...