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...general education and for non-concentrators, I do not want to leave the impression that I repent of the report on general education. In fact, what I wanted to emphasize was my strong support for the general education recommendations and my hope that the Faculty could soon reach consensus on its basic features—a major feature of which would be the broad, encompassing courses designed particularly for this program. I believe they will engender a significant renewal of innovative teaching, valuable for faculty and students together. CHARLES S. MAIER ’60 Cambridge, Mass...
...route of the security wall he is in the process of completing - folds in the major Israeli settlement blocs on the West Bank, bissecting the territory and cutting it off from East Jerusalem. The fact that the Israeli negotiating position is so far from even the moderate Palestinian consensus suggests that such an agreement is unlikely, even if the two sides were brought to the table right now. In any case, it's no wonder Israel prefers a unilateral redrawing of boundaries, since it would certainly retain more West Bank territory than it would in any negotiated agreement...
...German foreign policy back toward a closeness to Washington. But it is the U.S. that has been moving. President George W. Bush has not jumped to use military means against Iran, while Merkel has been stressing that everything needs to be done to find a diplomatic solution and a consensus among the major powers. Oliver Hauss Dortmund, Germany time's story on Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez made plain that the country's 26 million people are subjected to the desires of a tyrant. With all the loans, oil discounts and financing deals that Chávez grants...
...open the option of appointing a permanent dean rather than a temporary one.Reflecting on his decision to appoint an interim dean, Bok said Monday, “I think you should only appoint a permanent dean, when you’re interim president, if there is a very strong consensus choice—when you can actually say that it would be almost certain that the next president would want this person as dean.”“That’s a very high bar,” he added. “We did not identify...
Reflecting on his decision to appoint an interim dean, Bok said Monday, “I think you should only appoint a permanent dean, when you’re interim president, if there is a very strong consensus choice—when you can actually say that it would be almost certain that the next president would want this person as dean...