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Jean-Marie Doré was sworn in as Guinea's interim Prime Minister Jan. 26, a crucial step toward ending the country's military rule. A critic of the staunch regime, Doré has pledged "free, transparent and credible elections" within the year. An assassination attempt and subsequent exile forced Guinea's unpopular strongman, Moussa Dadis Camara, to allow a civilian interim leader. Some fear he continues to meddle from his base in Burkina Faso...
Some backstory: in 2008 the conservative nonprofit Citizens United produced the anti-Clinton film Hillary: The Movie and arranged to distribute it using money from the group's corporate treasury rather than from its political-action committee--a crucial distinction under the McCain-Feingold campaign-finance reforms of 2002. In a 5-4 ruling, the court found that distinction unconstitutional. If freedom of speech protects the right of individuals to air their political views, it decided, then that right extends to incorporated groups--like businesses, labor unions, Planned Parenthood and Citizens United...
Weintraub played a crucial part in orchestrating a Harvard run early in the second set that got the Crimson back in the game after the squad fell behind 11-8 and was in danger of dropping its second...
Back at last Saturday’s meet, I make a crucial mistake following the gold medalist’s dominant performance in the sprint. I leave early to cover the Crimson wrestling team in a double-header, departing just as the warm-ups for the pole vault get underway. It is not until the next morning that I find myself staring incredulously at my computer screen...
...alienate other world powers. A boycott, say, of U.S. weapons suppliers over Taiwan (as Beijing has threatened) would simply mean China buying more from European competitors. As satisfying to Chinese jingoists as talk of future military action against Taiwan may be, the flow of Taiwan investment into China is crucial to the mainland's economic health. As, of course, is trade between China and the U.S., which also have a body of water between them and economies growing ever closer...