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...best person for the job.” Willett has worked closely with McCartney since she joined the GSE senior faculty in 2000 said he thought Summers made the right decision in choosing McCartney. “I’ve no doubt that would be a consensus view of the faculty and of the students as well,” Willett said. Together, Willett and McCartney advise some of the same students and meet weekly to collaborate on research about the achievement gap in education. “I think she’s smart and I think she?...
...Local elections have been postponed indefinitely, hampering the functioning of government for the nearly 80 percent of Haitians who live outside of a handful of cities. And the absence of a majority party in the legislature forces Préval to seek consensus among a wide variety of parties on major appointments...
...part because so little is known about the phone-call collection program, experts say they aren't entirely sure whether it is legal. The consensus seems to be that it probably does not violate the Fourth Amendment ban on illegal search and seizure, but it may run afoul of several statutes governing the privacy of telephone records. The three companies that turned over their customers' records--AT&T, BellSouth and Verizon, which combined carry roughly 80% of the nation's landline calls and half the wireless ones--all issued terse statements saying they valued their customers' privacy and did nothing...
...September implementation, pending resolution of logistical refrigeration and transportation issues, according to Cross. During last Thursday’s meeting, the CHL subcommittee also discussed possible pairings of Quad and River Houses to reduce overcrowding in centrally located dining halls during peak meal hours. While there was a consensus about the existence of a problem, the committee did not decide on a solution, instead opting to further study the situation, according to Associate Dean of Harvard College for Residential Life Suzy M. Nelson. “On [interhouse] restrictions, we’ll study the grazing patterns before we decide...
...letter to President Bush proposing "new solutions" to "the current fragile situation in the world." As improbable as the conciliatory tone may sound from the usually bellicose Ahmadinejad, it may represent a smart shift in diplomatic strategy at a moment when the U.S. is struggling to forge an international consensus to turn up the heat on Tehran...