Word: ellen
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...comparable to self-induced vomiting. The CIA disrupters completely shut down last year’s event, rendering recruiters unable to continue presenting employment opportunities to Harvard students seeking jobs; Finkelstein was able to continue his diatribe for nearly three full hours. During this time, HLS Dean of Students Ellen Cosgrove was standing directly behind the protestors along with two Harvard University police officers. Had this protest violated any of the HLS guidelines, one of these people would have undoubtedly taken action. In fact, Cosgrove confirmed the acceptability of the protesters’ actions in an e-mail, saying...
...Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, 67, waited tables to put herself through Harvard, then went on to work as an economist at the World Bank. Now, after a fiercely fought election in her native Liberia, she is set to be sworn in as Africa's first elected female head of state. Johnson-Sirleaf spoke to Claire Soares in Monrovia last week about leadership, healing the country, and childhood dreams. you're the first woman elected to head an african country. What does that mean to you? It means that I have a great responsibility to meet the expectations of Liberian and African...
...ELECTED. ELLEN JOHNSON-SIRLEAF, 67, former World Bank economist; as President of Liberia; in Monrovia. With 59% of the vote, the "Iron Lady" claimed victory over presidential rival and former international football star George Weah, who lodged a complaint of fraud. Johnson-Sirleaf, the first female President in Africa, must now calm Weah's supporters and start rebuilding the West African nation, which suffered through two civil wars and the misrule of former President Charles Taylor until the United Nations intervened...
...don’t think any [KSG graduate] has ever faced a bigger challenge than Ellen, because of the total deterioration of the state,” KSG Lecturer in Public Policy John W. Thomas said...
...With 99 percent of the ballots counted, 1971 KSG alumna and former World Bank economist Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf leads with 59.6 percent of the popular vote, although Liberia’s National Election Commission (NEC) will not officially call the election until tomorrow...