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...That reaction hasn’t been unique to Harvard: when Yale announced plans in early January to increase endowment spending by nearly 40 percent, with an emphasis on financial aid, Yale President Richard C. Levin was even more direct about calling policymakers the catalyst...
...classmates as ‘K’—as his successor, making him Aga Khan IV. And so, at 20 years old, Karim became the leader of the Ismaili Muslims, a sect of Shia Islam with over 15 million followers who consider him a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad...
...Sunnis, the overwhelming majority of Muslims, do not follow a hereditary system of selecting leadership. By contrast, Shias trace a direct line from Fatima, the Prophet’s daughter, and her husband Ali to a spiritual leader, or imam, with the power to interpret the faith...
...students, frustrated with the administration, turned their energy toward direct action under the aegis of the Third World Coalition, an umbrella organization which included groups such as the BLSA and the Arab Students Association...
...Another factor impels Nixon to take on a heavy load of campaign duties. As Vice-President, he has no direct control or influence over state party organizations. Such control is very important in any national political convention, as Senator Knowland, currently the strongest threat to Nixon’s presidential hopes, has realized by running for the California governorship this fall. The most important method by which Nixon can build up personal obligations and loyalty among Republican state committees is to accept numerous campaign speaking dates in the various states. But a heavy speech schedule lures him into the dangers...