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Passage of the measure marked a rare effort by Iraq's political factions to ease tensions and drew praise from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who appeared in Baghdad Jan. 15. "There seems to be a spirit of cooperation," Rice said. But a telling reflection of Baghdad's continuing dysfunction came in the vote on the law: roughly half the parliament didn't show. Moreover, the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki still faces a boycott by the country's largest Sunni bloc, the Accordance Front, and followers of Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr...
...since the movie - written by Drew Goddard, from an idea by producer J.J. Abrams, and directed by Matt Reeves - purports to be a video document "retrieved at an incident site formerly known as Central Park" (now known as U.S. 447), and is told exclusively from the point of view of a few twentysomethings. We know only what they know, see what the videocamera sees. I.e., not much...
...events drew large crowds of students, including a total of 1,300 during one trip to Washington...
...administrators from 11 public research universities released a joint statement last week rebuking University President Drew G. Faust for her recent comments in BusinessWeek, where she was quoted as saying that public universities short on federal funds should leave expensive scientific research to their wealthier peers...
...sophomore Alex Biega corralled Meintel’s pass at Clarkson’s blue line, his shot through traffic found the stick of co-captain Mike Taylor and was deflected in for the goal. Penalties did not play a significant role in the game, as each team only drew three penalties and showed off efficient penalty-killing units—good news for Harvard given the team’s recent struggles to stay out of the penalty box. The Golden Knights only came away with three shots on the power-play.As Harvard sorts its strengths from its weaknesses...