Word: held
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...museum for its long-discussed renovations. For security reasons, no visitors—whether members of the student body, the public, or, in some cases, the History of Art and Architecture department—can enter the building. Classes and meetings traditionally conducted in the Fogg are now being held elsewhere, and only museum staff members are allowed on the premises. Yet the actual construction on the museum has not yet begun. So what has been going on behind the closed doors of 32 Quincy Street?KEEP IT SILENT, KEEP IT SAFEThis summer, the staff began the long, involved process...
...North is saying, in effect, what gives? And the fact is, they have a point, as even some U.S. State Department officials concede privately. U.S. President George W. Bush publicly held out the prospect of terror delisting as part of an "action for action" principle, the clear implication being that when Pyongyang turned over its declaration, delisting would follow. It hasn't, so yesterday, the North told inspectors for the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), to remove its seals from the regime's reactor at Yongbyon - which provided the nuclear fuel with which the North has built...
...getting taken off the list so important to the North? First, simply, it was a matter of face, of reducing its pariah-state image - a tangible symbol of being welcomed back into the global community. Second, removal held out at least the prospect, down the road, of some economic benefits. A spot on Washington's terror list scares off the world's multilateral lending institutions - including the IMF, World Bank and Asia Development Bank - from even considering aid programs given that the U.S. is their largest contributor...
...announcement of a general election in Bangladesh often signals the start of a season of political violence between the country's two main parties. So there was trepidation in Dhaka last week when Fakhruddin Ahmed, who heads a "caretaker" government, announced that elections would be held...
...Well, that will depend on the Election Commission. The law under which elections will be held stipulates certain conditions for anyone to submit a nomination. Anyone who satisfies these conditions is eligible...