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...statements were identical to those presented at last Tuesday’s meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS). At that vote, professors voted 218 in favor, 185 against, with 18 abstaining, that they “lack confidence” in Summers’ leadership...
Besides stumping and writing, Kerry is hoping to curry favor within the party by donating some of the $14 million left over from his campaign fund. He offered a vote of confidence to former rival Howard Dean, giving the national party $1 million when Dean took over as chairman. He donated $250,000 to the recount effort of Christine Gregoire, who eventually won a very close Governor's race in Washington. Venturing into local politics, he will probably endorse Antonio Villaraigosa in a runoff election for mayor in L.A., choosing a loyal supporter over incumbent James Hahn. "He gets...
...heyday Shaw Bros. churned out hundreds of films for Chinese-language audiences around the world, leading an industry that, by the mid-1980s, made a city of 6 million the world's third biggest movie producer. That's when Shaw began to phase out film production in favor of TV. Though other studios filled the gap for a while, Hong Kong, which had made 234 movies in 1993, produced only 64 last year. That makes the very existence of Shaw's high-tech cinematic playground, which is scheduled to fully open in half a year, a surprise in itself...
...favor of separation. Tibet is a part of the People's Republic of China." THE DALAI LAMA, in an interview with the South China Morning Post, in which he argued that he should be allowed to return to Tibet...
...Harvard continued their nearly annual exchange of the Whitelaw Trophy—Harvard took the championship game from the Big Red is 2002, while Cornell returned the favor in 2003. The Crimson won the championship from Clarkson last season, and this year, the Whitelaw will travel back to Ithaca...