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...Last month, the U.S. Army began constructing some 2.5 miles of concrete barriers around southern Ghazaliya. The area, a Sunni insurgent stronghold, is notorious for relentless attacks on American and Iraqi soldiers, and for the execution of civilians who cross the insurgency. Since the barriers went up - limiting movement in and out of the area to two checkpoints, one on the east and the other on the west side of the area - violence has declined dramatically...
...envision the role, the executive vice president will oversee the financial, administrative, and human resources functions of the central administration and lead the development of administrative capacity in new areas that cross school boundaries or traditional administrative units. The vice presidents for alumni affairs and development, for government, community, and public affairs, and for policy, as well as the vice president and general counsel, will continue to report directly to the president...
...much as they seem to recognize that they are at a historical cross-roads, the French seem unable to decide between the economic liberalization proposed by Sarkozy (who, although “right of center” in France, is further left than most Democrats in America) and the more traditional social welfare agenda of Royal. Although “Sarko” has led every poll in recent months, he has ceded four percentage points in the last week to Royal, who is ruthlessly exploiting anxiety about economic reform and Sarkozy’s personality, riding...
...Verba that included representatives from each of the Harvard Faculties. In charging the committee, the president, provost, and deans affirmed their desire to move toward a set of calendar guidelines that would place Harvard's Schools on a more uniform academic schedule and enable students and faculty members to cross Harvard's internal borders with greater ease. After carefully analyzing and weighing the potential benefits and complexities of calendar reform, the committee produced a detailed report proposing a framework consistent with this goal...
...well-balanced education isn’t the quickest path to fulfill requirements for professional school, but rather a slow process that gives students tools through which they can comprehend the world they live in. Harvard needs to take more seriously its commitment to interdisciplinary studies that not only cross departmental lines, but also cross the humanities-science barrier. If not, then we will be able to watch the death of more concentrations in the near future...