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Harvard had to dip into its own reserves for the roughly $20,000 needed to make up the difference, in large part because the island is so remote that the University had to commission a barge to ferry equipment to the island, which has no paved roads.

Author: By Clifford M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Sells Off Houses In Maine | 1/30/2008 | See Source »

Olmert was worried that his political opponents would use the findings of the Winograd Commission to bludgeon him into quitting. But Winograd and his investigators were careful not to apportion personal blame even as they concluded that the mismanagement of the Lebanon war was "a great and serious missed opportunity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olmert Dodges a Bullet on Lebanon | 1/30/2008 | See Source »

For Khan though, words are not enough - he wants Britain to walk the walk and help make some changes to the current regime. With Musharraf in charge of fairness at the polls, "it will be the rigging of all times," he said. Instead, Khan - along with the leaders of dozens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pakistan's Politicians Come to London | 1/28/2008 | See Source »

Last June, hundreds of Taliban fighters surged into Chora, 35 km north of Tarin Kowt, attacking ISAF, Afghan Army and government positions. In four days of fighting, scores of Taliban were killed. But Afghan civilians also suffered terribly. According to a report by the U.N. Assistance Mission and the Afghanistan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mission: Difficult | 1/24/2008 | See Source »

The plans still have to be approved by the E.U.'s 27 governments and the European Parliament, and the Commission can expect resistance from rich E.U. member-states such as France and Germany, who will be asked to bear the brunt of the emissions-cutting targets. By contrast, new and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EU Aims to Choke Carbon Emissions | 1/23/2008 | See Source »

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