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...police decision comes after an 18-month investigation into allegations that Olmert took envelopes stuffed with thousands of dollars in cash from a prominent Jewish-American businessman. Police say that the prime minister should also be indicted for double-billing his first-class trips abroad to various Jewish charitable institutions and then using the excess cash to pay for his family vacations...
...universities that provide an American-style education: the Lebanese American University and the American University of Beirut. The LAU can trace its roots back to 1835, when a group of Presbyterians decided to establish a school for women in the Ottoman Empire. Despite the difficulties of providing a first-class education at times of unrest, the LAU continues to offer classes - and students continue to graduate. I firmly believe that education is the way to promote positive change in the Middle East. It will help bridge knowledge and technology gaps with the West, help develop the region's intellectual...
...Under affirmative action Harvard has gathered a respected group of Black faculty, an undoubted accomplishment. But, as far as I can tell, they do not include a single conservative and are no exception to the lack of diversity. They are treated well, and make their home in the first-class lounge at Harvard, now a privileged minority. Nobody begrudges them their status, but students could learn more about the Black experience from a course on Black thought, if one existed, reading great authors like Douglass, Washington, and Dubois, and taught by a professor of any color. Students would discover more...
...dean of the College’s office are spending a lot of time on the new housing plans for 12, 15 years down the road,” Shapiro said. “This is a push to make sure the resident deans and students now get first-class treatment.” Last month, the College announced plans for a $1 billion-plus House renovation project that will take place over the course of 15 years, beginning as early as 2011. Shapiro said she would be working closely with the five new resident deans next year, helping them...
...purple color scheme) but otherwise owned and operated independently. Each has its own business model--different services for different customers in a different set of cities--but they can work together as needed. Virgin Atlantic, V Australia and Virgin America, for example, plan to share a first-class lounge at LAX and thus reduce overhead. Virgin America, V Australia and Virgin Blue can decide on a whim to allow some of their flight attendants to trade cities for a year or compare notes--as their CEOs did during lunch with Branson in Los Angeles--on in-flight-ordering software...