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...that his perception might have been inaccurate. Summers hesitated when one mother sought his advice to his successor. “This is like one occasion after another to put my foot in it,” Summers said, drawing laughter. “These are open invitations to confirm stereotypes.” But he went on to outline some of the objectives he has pursued during his five years at the helm, including boosting financial aid and focusing on the life sciences. “These are some of the things I hope my successor will care about...
...having participated in the orgy of anti-Sunni violence in the 24 hours following the attack, al-Sadr's fighters gradually responded to their leader's call. In a few places, his supporters were even credited with protecting Sunni mosques. For the more optimistic observers, those events seemed to confirm the notion that it is better to have al-Sadr inside the Iraqi political tent, trying to hold it up, than to leave him outside, threatening to put it to the torch. "This shows that Muqtada is a constructive force in politics," says Salah al-Obeidi, a senior al-Sadr...
...athletes for any evidence of doping substances or equipment, Olympic officials demanded that 10 Austrian athletes give urine samples. It was well after midnight when the commotion had cleared. Some athletes complained that guns were drawn and strip searches performed - charges Agovino categorically denied. He would neither confirm nor deny reports that dozens of syringes, unlabeled medicine bottles and a blood-transfusion machine were seized. "Let's just say what we took away certainly wasn't shaving cream," he said. Richard Pound, head of the World Anti-Doping Agency, had his doubts about Italy's laws criminalizing athletes...
Summers put resignation rumors to rest shortly after 1 p.m. yesterday, when he e-mailed the entire Harvard community to confirm that he would step down and that he plans to return as a professor...
Harvard officials and professors close to the president could not confirm the report of Summers’ imminent departure. “I have heard nothing,” said the dean of the Graduate School of Design, Alan A. Altshuler, a prominent Summers supporter. The dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Joseph B. Martin, also said, “I have no information...