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...that he intends to pursue a very different strategy for getting reform passed from the one used by his Democratic predecessor in office. Unlike the failed effort of 1994, when Bill and Hillary Clinton presented Congress with a detailed blueprint for reform - and never saw a bill reach the floor of either the House or Senate - Obama is outlining broad principles, with a bottom line of universal coverage, and leaving it up to lawmakers to fashion a plan for meeting them...
Amid comfy floor pillows and freshly baked cookies, students gathered at the Women’s Center last week to discuss “Masculinity at Harvard.” But, even after an hour of debate, the participants couldn’t fill in the blank: “What is a Harvard man?” Is he a nerd, a cheat, a cad? The confusion is understandable: Afraid of appearing patriarchal, the College promotes an ideal for female students—the career-oriented woman—but not for male students. Though this attention to women...
...must be noted that this one final club bathroom is more a representative of several such grotesque lavatories. This is perhaps the first floor bathroom at its best – on crowded nights the smart public restroom aficionado will bring her own TP. A general rule of thumb for finals club facility usage: the more flights of stairs you climb, the better the bathrooms...
Investigations are underway, with the prime minister revealing on the floor of the parliament that she has approached the U.S. government as well as the United Nations for assistance. The stakes are high in the search for those responsibile for the mutiny and their real motives. Sheikh Hasina's government was elected into office two months ago following two years of rule by an army-backed caretaker government, one that surprised many political observers by voluntarily relinquishing power. The army got good marks for the electoral transition and has been praised for suppressing the mutiny. But in everyone's mind...
...Prime Minister defended her choice to negotiate and wait out the rebels. Speaking on the floor of the parliament Sunday, she was categorical in response: "I opted for talks to save lives, to save the officers and their families." An error would have been unthinkable. "The PM had to take a decision in real time. If they had stormed the compound and it had gone wrong, it could have been an even worse catastrophe," says Brig. Gen. Shahedul Anam Khan, an ex-senior army officer and an authority on strategic affairs. Now, the Prime Minister has to hope that...