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Only a small fraction of that deficit can be addressed by upcoming plans to adjust administrative hiring, the dean said, necessitating the closer look at departmental expenses...
...Drew Housman sat for most of the game. And Wright, battling on the blocks all night, looked superb down the stretch, tallying 15 points despite being in constant foul trouble.On top of this, freshman swingman Peter Boehm came of the bench and stepped in to play the role of closer. Boehm sank two late threes in the middle of the second half to silence New Hampshire’s only attempt to get back in the game.“All our freshman played well,” Amaker said. “Boehm had some great shots...
...define its larger mission: whether to advocate for political issues, or to push for better student life. Some council members concentrated on initiatives like the Endowment for Divestiture, a fund for students who wanted their senior gift contribution held in escrow until Harvard divested from Apartheid South Africa. Closer to home, the UC honored teachers with the new Levenson Awards and convinced Harvard to maintain summer storage. One of the UC’s sweetest successes during its first five years was the addition of chocolate milk to dining hall machines. Alas, it also had to deal with drier administrative...
...election of Barack Obama was one of the factors that pushed the SOFA process along, Pentagon officials say. The President-elect had proposed on the campaign trail to withdraw U.S. combat forces from Iraq within 16 months of taking office, a position closer to the Iraqi government's than to that taken by the Bush Administration. The intra-Iraqi squabbling over the pact, partly fueled by Iran's concerns, evaporated following Obama's election two weeks ago. "I am hopeful that conditions will continue to improve, so we can continue" to withdraw U.S. troops, Mullen said. But if ordered...
...Beijing, too, seems well aware of the Dalai Lama's age. In a recent press conference, a senior official was quoted by official media as speaking of a "post Dalai Lama era," calling on the leader to "correct his mistakes and get closer to the central government and do something beneficial for the people...during the remainder of his life, no matter if his health condition is good or poor." That would be consistent with the simple policy many analysts believe the Chinese have settled on: waiting until the Dalai Lama dies and refusing to concede anything in the meantime...