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...outrage in Congress at the idea that a U.S.-backed government was going to forgive those who have killed more than 2,500 American soldiers highlights the sensitivities facing Prime Minister Maliki: He needs to forge a new political compact with the Sunni nationalists who make up the bulk of the insurgency - as distinct from the minority aligned with al-Qaeda - while maintaining the support of the skeptical Shi'ite parties of his own coalition and avoiding making life difficult for the Bush administration...
...Statistically speaking, I probably won't diagnose any more brain tumors in my career, but I'll probably see several more caffeine overloaded patients. The bulk of my headache patients will continue to be diagnosed by taking careful histories and without CT scans. But I often wonder if I will be able to figure out the next time a zebra comes galloping through my office doors masquerading as a horse...
...inaugurated [an error occurred while processing this directive] a new youth center, with a theater, concert hall, workshops and mediatheque, where kids can surf the Internet, watch movies and listen to music. The keys have just been handed over to the first of 5,000 new houses, the bulk of them moderately priced, in La Dehesa Vieja (the Old Meadow). By the time that development is complete next year, the Madrid metro will have extended its Line 10 to include three new stations in Sanse, which has become essentially an airy, upscale barrio of one of Europe's most dynamic...
...deserve most of the criticism.” Eventually, the Faculty retreated from the CUE issue, as it has done from so many others this year, and voted to defer the question until the fall.The CUE debacle is, in many ways, vividly illustrative of where the priorities of the bulk of the Faculty truly lie. If students indeed are the focus of this University, as Dean Kirby suggested, then the Faculty certainly did not act in accordance with that vision in 2005-2006. We recognize that many faculty members are truly committed to the work of improving undergraduate education...
...refine the process somewhat next year after assessing this year’s process.”NEXT STEPSAs she quells the uproar over the peer-advising system, Rinere is seeking to bring more faculty members on board as advisers—non-faculty residential proctors shoulder the bulk of the freshman advising burden now. She also will work to consolidate advising resources in her office and on the Web and to improve advising within concentrations.With these challenges looming even as the Prefect Program uproar quiets down, it seems almost certain that Harvard hasn’t heard the last...