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...president of Harvard, President Larry Summers.”The flavor of Kirby’s analogy did not sit well with the few Faculty members who caught wind of it—thanks to an online video touted by the Development Office—and it seemed to confirm their early assessment of the dean: that he was appointed by Summers to extend the central administration’s influence over their school.As Summers has gone about preparing his filet, even setting off small kitchen fires in the process, Kirby has found himself awkwardly caught between his boss...
...questions. After a recent trip to the Middle East, Flesher was curious if any of his phone calls or emails to the region are now in the NSA's database and sent a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to find out. The NSA responded that they could neither confirm nor deny that they intercepted copies of his communications. He's written an appeal and is still waiting for an answer. "It's not about getting money," said Flesher, leaning back in his gallery chair during the hearing, "it's about knowing. Yes, you have the information...
SWORN IN. SAMUEL ALITO, 55, conservative federal appeals court judge; as a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, replacing Sandra Day O'Connor; by fellow newcomer, Chief Justice John Roberts; in Washington. The 58-42 Senate vote, largely along party lines, included votes to confirm from just four Democrats, constituting the lowest total for an opposition party in modern history...
...Israel certainly has the ability to target Iran, with an estimated 100 to 200 nukes of its own (though Tel Aviv refuses to confirm a nuclear weapons program at all). But taking out Iran's nascent weapons factories will take a lot more than a single bombing raid or a few missiles. Drawing the obvious lesson from the attack on Osirak, Iran's leaders have spread their country's nuclear facilities between at least 20 known sites and buried many of them deep underground. Inflicting serious damage would require multiple surgical air strikes. "We are speaking about a large program...
...Following protocol, HUPD did not release the name of the victim. Catalano wrote in an e-mail that he could confirm that the victim is a Harvard affiliate, but would not specify whether he was an undergraduate. In order to protect the victim, the Middlesex County district attorney’s office moved to impound the victim’s information, effectively removing it from what would otherwise be public court documents...