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...young men who represent the future of the party. If they do well in this year's elections, Gandhi's effort to redefine the Congress Party will be vindicated. "It's a way of legitimizing his presence and his stature within the party," says Sandeep Shastri, the national convenor of Lokniti, a national network of academics who study Indian elections. Gandhi is planting the seeds in Punjab for a harvest that may be many years away...
...Leung Chun-ying is convenor of Hong Kong's Executive Council, which advises the Chief Executive on policy...
...team's findings, just published in a paper in the British Journal of Psychiatry, have far-reaching implications, argues co-author Philip Mitchell, convenor of Brain Sciences UNSW, which encompasses staff from the University of New South Wales and affiliated institutes. By helping to predict the likelihood and timing of depressive episodes, Mitchell says, "this gives us the potential for true prevention of depression." Any move into prevention, however, raises issues that the authors of the paper have only begun to grapple with...
...usually located in council-owned buildings and run with the help of parents' committees; working with local councils that have either land or empty buildings to offer, Spike would broker the loans and offer know-how. It's a simple idea that could become a national model, says Wannan, convenor of the National Association of Community Based Children's Services. Ahead of Spike's upcoming launch she's already had councils phone her asking how they can get involved. "We should have done this a long time ago," she says...
...Harvard can play a useful role as a convenor,"said Harold Howe, senior lecturer in education andcommissioner of education under Johnson. "Peoplerespect Harvard. We should do our share to helppeople discuss this problem...