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...Royal, whose failed run at the French presidency ended last year. “Defeats are merely a part of the life cycle of a party.”Royal focused much of her talk on how to strengthen the position of the Left, which she believes can be done by seeking advice from scholars and policy experts, developing a “participative democracy” through online blogs and town-hall meetings, and working with leaders at the grassroots level. Even as Royal called on her fellow Socialists to stick to traditional leftist policies—such...
...position only after asking that he not be considered for permanent appointment. “I said I would help out as long as I came back to be athletic director,” Scalise said. “I still have things that I want to get done here in Athletics as far as the Allston planning. It’s really an exciting time to be here in Athletics.” The current executive dean, Nancy L. Maull, informed Smith of her intention to step down in November, after 15 years of service. The influence...
...best thing that can happen is that you win by winning: You pick a dark horse who shares your values, then you mobilize your base, get them to the caucuses and primary polls, and when victory comes you can plausibly claim he couldn't have done it without you. Had the religious right leaders fallen in behind Huckabee early on, when he was a late-night joke, they actually might have demonstrated their clout...
...Prime Minister Erdogan, an often blustery and impatient politician, has done little to ease the tension. "If [the headscarf] is indeed a political symbol, does that make it a crime to wear it? Is wearing a symbol a crime?," he said at the start of this debate last month. To secularists, his words confirmed their worst fears - that the headscarf is not an expression of religious piety but of a political movement that ultimately seeks to impose Islamic law. Thousands of secularists, mostly women, took to the streets in the capital of Ankara last week chanting "Turkey will not become...
...Many students have done very well in science in high school but still find that the level of the beginning science courses at Harvard is qualitatively different from what they are used to,” wrote Howard Georgi, a physics professor and the master of Leverett House, in an e-mailed statement...