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...sweet-spirited perpetual adolescent, who has lost his job, his car and his apartment and lacks any skills the job market might conceivably require. So he moves his beanbag chair and his moose head into the tidy little craftsman bungalow inhabited by his best friend, Carl (Matt Dillon) and his new bride, Molly (Kate Hudson). He means to be helpful, but continually screws up in ways that are meant to be funny, but are, in fact, so stupid and vulgar that I can't bear to write them down here. Suffice it to say that they generally involve bodily needs...
Poire—who served on a panel studying the election with Dillon Professor of International Affairs Jorge I. Dominguez—said that Lopez Obrador’s credentials on democracy were “ambiguous” because as mayor of Mexico City he at times ignored the mandates of the local legislature, challenged the authority of the Mexican Supreme Court, and obstructed the operations of the renowned international anti-graft organization, Transparency International. But he hastened to add that comparing Lopez Obrador to Chavez is unfair—the former was not a military general...
...Dillon Professor of International Affairs Jorge I. Domínguez, who taught Kristof in Government 20, “Introduction to Comparative Politics,” recalls that, even as a freshman, Kristof was “already a superb writer” who had the markings of a budding journalist...
...debate. But a yes vote will only make it the first Australian community to officially welcome recycled water into its kitchens. Richmond, on Sydney's outskirts, takes water from the Hawkesbury River, into which treated effluent is discharged, as does Adelaide, from the Murray. Says csiro water expert Peter Dillon: "There are probably more people in the world taking water supplies from sources that receive effluent than people who don't." Many Australians are already drinking recycled water-they just don't get to vote on whether they want...
...University Provost Steven E. Hyman, who made the appointment, said in a press release that the newly created post was designed to “address an important need at Harvard for leadership, coordination, and oversight in this crucial area.” Domínguez, the Dillon professor of international affairs, will oversee University-wide initiatives such as international research collaborations and the expansion of undergraduate opportunities for international study. These tasks will not be new ground for Domínguez, who chaired the Provost’s Task Force on International Issues at Harvard in 2004 and currently...