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...attempted repeatedly since the '80s, only to be thwarted by union-led opposition. Sarkozy's determination to storm the one bastion labor has successfully defended from creeping reform reflects his electoral promise to "rupture" with France's musty status quo. By launching that assault just six months into his five-year term, Sarkozy grasps how vital a victory in reforming public-sector pensions is to enabling the rest of his modernization program. "We were elected to transform France," Sarkozy said ahead of the strikes, "and will apply these reforms because they must be applied...
...bulwark against extremism, took to the streets in a series of massive protests. Musharraf's popularity has plummeted ever since. In July 2007, the Supreme Court reinstated Chaudhry. In early November, the Chaudhry-led Court seemed set to rule that Musharraf's October 6 reelection to another five-year term was unconstitutional. Facing his most serious political challenge in eight years, Musharraf called a state of emergency, suspending the constitution, sacking the most uncooperative judges, detaining Chaudhry, blacking out the independent news stations and sending security forces into the streets to keep down protests...
...This year, as Musharraf's popularity plummeted, a U.S.-approved deal between the President and his former rival cleared the way for Bhutto to return home from exile in Britain and Dubai on the understanding that Musharraf would step down from his army job and then serve another five-year term as President while Bhutto would lead her Pakistan People's Party, the country's biggest, to parliamentary success in early 2008 and serve as Prime Minister. Chief Justice Chaudhry's court was also set to rule on the merits of this deal, which included the Musharraf government's dismissal...
...This year was different. For five straight seasons, Harvard had been the toast of the ECAC, capping off each successful season with an appearance in the NCAA Tournament. This year, for the first time in recent memory, the team was coping with the fallout from a frustrating campaign in which the tournament remained out of reach. The five-year run now ended, the new captain-elect would be expected to erase disappointment, rather than merely to expand on success...
...force.HARVARD’S DIGITAL INITIATIVEThere is, on the most basic level, a dual front to Harvard’s progress into the digital world. The first is manned by the Library Digital Initiative (LDI), and the second by the Google Library Project.The Library Digital Initiative is a five-year effort funded internally by Harvard University. It was proposed in 1997 and since its inception, its focus has been to build tools necessary for further digitization. The LDI has divided its funding among a number of projects spanning Harvard’s incredibly large, decentralized library system. The money...