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...added that “trees and sidewalks are nice” but that the University should focus on bringing businesses to Allston to fill vacant properties that Harvard has acquired over the years...

Author: By Brittany M Llewellyn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard, Residents Approach Accord | 1/30/2008 | See Source »

...fighting equipment while governor, a charge he dismisses. ("If I was corrupt I could not have come this far," he told TIME in an interview last month.) And while he is recognized as a seasoned political campaigner, critics have called Samak a lackluster administrator who as governor preferred to focus on his TV show than visit neighborhoods flooded during Bankok's annual monsoon. Panitan says it is questionable whether he is up to the task of solving Thailand's complex political and economic problems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Thai PM Takes Charge — For Now | 1/30/2008 | See Source »

...Geoff Rathgeber and junior Eric Lynch also added first place victories to Harvard’s total. However, the Crimson will have to use the momentum from these past meets as they face two of their more challenging opponents this coming weekend in New Haven. “Our focus is for the meet this weekend,” Winslow said. “[But] it was good to put these two easy victories under our belt.” HARVARD 202, BROWN 98 The Crimson breezed past Brown this past Friday afternoon, as they hosted the Bears for Senior...

Author: By Alexandra J. Mihalek, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Cruises Against Soft Opposition | 1/29/2008 | See Source »

...Tell" took effect, says Joan Darrah, a retired captain, and a lesbian, who served in various intelligence billets from 1972 to 2002. She kept her sexual orientation secret during her career, but that denial took its toll after "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" led to increased focus on homosexuality in the ranks. She recalls having to administer a survey on the topic to 250 subordinates in the wake of the new policy. "We all sat down taking this survey asking, 'Do you know a gay person, and, if you did, what would you do?' " Dannah recalls. "I was physically...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Turns 15 | 1/28/2008 | See Source »

Could John McCain's focus on Iraq turn out to be his undoing after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is McCain Fighting a Losing Battle? | 1/28/2008 | See Source »

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