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...Westminster palace coup is by no means an easy feat, nor a likely one. Complex Labour Party rules and regulations specify that a leadership contest can only happen if the Prime Minister quits or is challenged. There is no indication that Brown is ready to quit. A successful challenger would need the backing of 20% of Labour MPs (at least 71 on current standings). That is a hard number to attain even in the current climate. And even if a challenger emerged, it would fall to the Labour Party Conference in the autumn to decide, by a public vote...
...Created in 1802 by Napoleon, the Legion's original mission of recognizing "outstanding services rendered to France or a feat befitting humanity" was intended to replace inherited aristocratic titles with an award earned for distinguished conduct. But many in France share Porte's view that a gush of entertainers has crowded out the monumental artists, philanthropists, humanitarians, and makers of history for which the award was originally intended...
...high jump.The Currier House resident went on to throw a sixth-best, 35.20-meter discus en route to his eighth-place finish.“He competed awesome,” Harvard Coach Jason Saretsky said. “To do two decathlons back-to-back is no small feat. Particularly with this one where the weather was not cooperating.”Filling out the men’s side, junior Derek Jones clocked in at 47.99 in the 400-meter dash for 18th, rookie Dan Chenoweth’s 3:51.22 finish in the 1500-meter run earned...
...second varsity won their morning heat by a one second margin over Boston University and a two-second gap against Princeton, and could not manage the same feat in the grand final, despite being seeded 3rd. Ultimately, the boat placed fourth 18 seconds back of Brown. Dartmouth and Yale took second and third...
...Maladies, won the Pulitzer Prize in 2000. It was followed in 2003 by a novel, The Namesake, which was made into a movie by Mira Nair, and this year by another collection, Unaccustomed Earth, which debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list, an astounding feat for a book of quiet, formal short stories about the lives of Bengali immigrants and their children...