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...three candidates have a few final chances to court their colleagues in the run-up to this week's election. At a Baltimore retreat, the Republican Study Committee, which includes more than 100 of the G.O.P.'s most conservative members, will ask candidates to commit to cut federal spending and push for limits on abortion and stem-cell research. The Tuesday Group--made up of 35 Republican moderates--plans to meet with the three, too, to find out what they promised the conservatives, since the moderates oppose much of that agenda. Then the entire 231-strong caucus will meet...
...take what we do there very seriously." Who could argue with the Dutchman, installed in January 2004 as head of the 26-country alliance? Well, for starters, his own country. The Netherlands, a founding Nato member, faces a crucial parliamentary debate and vote Thursday on whether to honor a commitment to deploy some 1,200 soldiers to Uruzgan province in south central Afghanistan. It was De Hoop Scheffer himself, as the Dutch Foreign Minister for 16 months from 2002, who charted the Netherlands' careful course through the Iraq crisis, supporting Washington's coalition of the willing without alienating France...
Ernest Pelligrini, 18, of Cambridge, Mass., and two minors aged 16 were arrested that night for attempting to commit unarmed robbery. One of the minors is also charged with the possession of a BB gun, which police said was not used in the commission of the crime but was found by officers after the incident...
...Aside from briefly summarizing the eight curricular review reports, Kirby’s five-page letter touched on several broad themes in the review: the desire to “re-commit our Faculty to the central task of educating undergraduates,” a focus on “resisting pressures for early specialization and professionalization,” and a need for a “curriculum of choice, incentive, and opportunity...
Aside from briefly summarizing the eight curricular review reports, Kirby’s five page letter touched on several broad themes in the review: the desire to “re-commit our Faculty to the central task of educating undergraduates,” a focus on “resisting pressures for early specialization and professionalization,” and a need for a “curriculum of choice, incentive, and opportunity...