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...When I saw [the donation] finalized, I felt an enormous surge of exhilaration and gratitude,” Clark said. “To have someone step up in such a big way like that has got to exert a profound influence on many other alums. Leadership really matters...
...cultural organizations, does not see self-segregation as a problem that needs to be solved. Dias says, “I would say that the mission of the [Foundation] is an umbrella organization for cultural groups.” For the Foundation, it is not worrisome that cultural organizations exert a pull on minority students as long as there is discussion between these groups...
...conflict in Iraq is so overwhelming, controversial, and timely a subject that the makers of “The Situation”—self-proclaimed as the first feature film to focus on the war—exert most of their energy explaining themselves. As they try to prove that they understand the complexities of Iraq and care about the continuing tragedy, mawkish sentimentality and ham-fisted didacticism join forces to drain the project of all dramatic coherence. After curfew in Samarra, in Iraq’s volatile Sunni triangle, two Iraqi teenagers approach an American checkpoint. Unarmed...
...front next year. Tired of the outsize roles New Hampshire and Iowa have played in the nomination process, more than a dozen other states, including Nevada (see page 54), are joining a virtual presidential-selection scrum, hoping to grab a slice of the influence early voters get to exert. Here are some other states that have officially moved up their primaries. [This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine.] STATE DATES POSSIBLE IMPACT ALABAMA Old: June New: Feb. 5 A critical gauge of who will carry the black vote. It will be one of the first contests...
...majority [of Iranian diplomats] feel it is a fruitless pursuit,” he said. After the panel, one student said the discussion was thought-provoking. “Tonight it became very clear, in talking about the leverage other countries can exert over the United States, the extent to which there is multi-polarity in the world,” said Ari S. Ruben ’08. “This bone-headed administration has wasted its opportunity to have influence...