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...This type of cut specifically disadvantages the Quad,” says Christakis, who along with his wife will inherit a budget finalized by his predecessors, James J. and Sue McCarthy. He adds that he was concerned that Quad residents will also have to contend with the closure of the Quad library next year, another cut announced in early...
...progressive initiatives and Cold War politics.The U.S. public and government perceived the Soviet victory in sending the first satellite into space as more than just a failure of its space agency and, instead, a failure of U.S. educational institutions to produce adequate numbers of scientists and engineers to contend with the Soviet engineering corps. Passed in 1958, the National Defense and Education Act aimed to mitigate that gap by providing funding to universities, including cash for student financial aid, but in a hold-over of McCarthy era fears, the act required student recipients to swear a loyalty oath and sign...
Israel is a nation of worriers. No matter how pleasant the evening, at a certain point, after the jokes and well into the merlot from the Judaean hills, the worrying starts. No doubt, Israelis have plenty to worry about. They live between wars and must contend with Hamas, Hizballah and--the biggest anxiety of all--Iran, whose President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has said Israel should be "wiped...
...this [recent] foolishness or hysteria,” McCluskey said at the meeting, but rather because it represented a “general quality of life issue” that Harvard felt it should address in accordance with its long-term partnership with the City. While many residents contend that the rodent infestation results from irresponsible trash disposal practices, John Walsh and Tim McHale, longtime area residents, suggested that another explanation could be that some neighbors routinely rummage through street-side trash collecting bottle deposits, tearing open bags and leaving a trail of trash for rats in the process...
...when politicians, like Earl Warren or Hugo Black, were often chosen for the Supreme Court. And there could be political reasons for picking her; though he won it quite handily, Michigan is still a swing state, and Granholm would please unions, one of several groups Obama will have to contend with on his left. Labor and some civil rights groups have long complained that some Clinton appointees, especially Justice Stephen Breyer, are too centrist on business or national security issues, and they will pressure Obama for a reliably liberal voice...