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They have to. In 2005, Bhutan's fourth King, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, announced that he would abdicate in favor of his son and that the country, after nearly a century of mostly benign royal rule, would become a constitutional monarchy with a popularly elected parliament. Most Bhutanese were horrified, fearing that democracy could lead to instability, as it had in neighbors such as Nepal and Bangladesh. But the King insisted, explaining that no nation should be in the hands of one person and that change should happen while the country was still peaceful and prosperity was growing...
...family. In an interview with TIME Monday, Cockrel said that as long as Kilpatrick remains in office with the charges pending, "it will have an impact on how we're viewed around the world, by people who'll think twice about doing business in our city." Cockrel voted in favor of the city council resolution seeking Kilpatrick's resignation. Asked today if he plans to run for mayor next year, Cockrel said, "I haven't ruled...
This year, the Crimson met Wisconsin in the NCAA Frozen Four semifinals with all the odds stacked in its favor. While the game was played in a neutral location in Duluth, Minn., Harvard was the team with the No. 1 ranking, having cruised to a 32-1-0 season in which the team won the Beanpot, swept through the ECAC playoffs, and trounced Dartmouth, 5-1, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament...
...said his immediate instinct was to turn down the job, thinking he needed to go back to school. He e-mailed at least 30 of his mentors and friends, asking for advice on what he should do, and received an overwhelming response in favor of taking...
...this is all rather charming. How sentimental it is to think of all of us putting aside our papers and problem-sets in favor of arts and crafts. But beyond the globs of glitter glue, the behavior is bizarre: housing is completely arbitrary and most definitely unequal across the board. The obligatory River Run many freshman blocking groups take part in on the eve of the lottery announcements in order to ward off chances of being “Quadded” (put in one of the three Houses a ways up Garden Street) is testament to this. (The next...