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Grosz also discussed Radcliffe’s new academic engagement program, which was inaugurated in November when the institute appointed six “faculty leaders” from across the University to assist in its cross-disciplinary outreach. “The academic engagement program will adapt the whole range of lectures and meetings we’ve convened into a more programmatic set of endeavors,” Grosz said. “So it’s a case of substitution, not growth...

Author: By Nini S. Moorhead, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Budget Crunch Hits Radcliffe, HDS | 1/4/2009 | See Source »

After the worst of the violence, Odinga and Kibaki created a coalition government, leaving Kenyans to wonder what they had been fighting for. On Monday, the Kenyan Red Cross said it was still feeding 250,000 people and that at least 100,000 were still living in refugee camps, now euphemistically called "transit camps." That does not include the thousands who still live with relatives and friends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Kenya's Election Violence Recur? | 12/30/2008 | See Source »

...nation's Afghan border has led U.S. forces to launch raids into Pakistani territory--raids that Zardari believes will alienate border tribes, sour relations with Pakistan's mercurial army and anger the public. The paradox is beginning to turn nasty. Two days after the bombing, U.S. helicopters seeking to cross the border were repulsed by gunfire from Pakistani troops and local tribesmen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Moment | 12/29/2008 | See Source »

...plucking his Transportation Secretary from the ranks of the GOP, Barack Obama wasn't breaking tradition but extending it. In 2000, George W. Bush tapped Democrat Norman Mineta for the post-the lone cross-aisle appointment of his Administration. There's reason to believe LaHood - a veteran Illinois pol who counts Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, as a close friend - will play far more than a token role in the incoming Democratic regime. At Transportation, LaHood will shepherd the massive public works program Obama announced on Dec. 6 as the centerpiece of a plan to jumpstart the economy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transportation Secretary: Ray LaHood | 12/24/2008 | See Source »

...Gordo drawing has other beneficiaries besides the lucky winners: more than $80 million of the money collected goes to charities such as the Red Cross. The hefty payouts are thanks in part to the high price of an El Gordo ticket, or billete. One whole ticket costs about $280, although each ticket can be divided into 10 chances, or "decimos", with the same printed number, and split among several people. Every year, groups of friends, neighbors and co-workers all over the country pool resources for a chance at one of the millions of prizes. Over the course...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World's Biggest Lottery | 12/22/2008 | See Source »

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