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Senegal's capital was unusually subdued for a Saturday night in late February. In Dakar's popular Sicap Baobab district, the normally packed Toucan restaurant was empty and quiet, save for the voice of local pop star Cheikh Lô coming from speakers above the bar. In 1996 Lô hit international fame with Né La Thiass (Gone in a Flash), which warned about sudden changes of destiny. With Senegal emerging from a tumultuous election, the most keenly contested in its history, that lyric is timely again, echoing sentiment about the country's tippy democratic traditions and life under...
Patricia M. Nolan ’80 said that the budget proposal failed to answer the crucial question of why the district was spending so much money per student compared to other districts in the state...
...also said he wanted to see an accelerated reduction in spending on the central administration of the district, which includes Cambridge’s 13 public schools...
Walser praised the recent progress that the schools have made, citing this year’s increase in the number of kindergarten applicants to the district as proof...
...Clinton, was far more aggressive in asserting the privilege, according to Rozell. Most of the claims came in the President's battles with special prosecutor Kenneth Starr over disclosure of information about Clinton's relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Clinton generally lost those battles before the U.S. district court in Washington...