Word: helming
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...just after sundown and a sweltering 104ş (40şC) at a racetrack in the middle of the desert outside Dubai, and Joseph Hobeika, 24, from Lebanon, wants to live Al Helm (The Dream). He's trying to become a race-car driver, and he's got two experts to help him: Khaled al-Mutawe, winner of the Dubai Racing Academy's 2007 cup, and Rasha al-Emam, the Saudi production director for MTV and a race-car driver herself. Hobeika struggles and at one point admits, "I spent seven years at university, and I can't find a job. I just...
...After more than 30 years on the Appropriations Committee and now in his second stint at its helm, Obey, 69, has been asked by a lot of people for money: fellow members requesting earmarks for projects in their districts, the Administration looking to fund everything from the war in Iraq to the White House operating budget and constituents from his home district in Wisconsin. In that time, he's had no problem speaking his mind and saying no to those requests he deemed undeserving...
...process of replacing Ridolfi commences, Harvard is hopeful that assistant coach Jose Barbosa will take the helm. Barbosa has been the Crimson’s assistant coach for two years, and his relationship with the team has grown strong in that time...
...emphatic win over national lightweight powerhouses Wisconsin and Princeton. In addition, they took home silver and bronze metals at Eastern Sprints and IRAs, respectively. Tucker’s record speaks for itself. She has shaped the Radcliffe lightweight program into a championship-caliber team, and without her at the helm, the crews must maintain that standard.Despite the coaching change, the philosophy will be the same—and the goal of a season-ending championship remains the same.“We’ve met with both coaches a couple of times,” co-captain Amanda Kolb...
...Western governments, who have long seen Musharraf as an important ally in the war on terror, a familiar face at Pakistan's helm is preferable. But few Pakistanis have confidence that Musharraf - either as military leader or civilian President - can solve a problem that escalated under his watch. Bhutto, loathed by the religious parties for her liberal policies and equally abhorred by the military, doesn't offer much more hope, despite her campaign pledges. "Islamic militancy is spreading across Pakistan," says Cheema. "The militants are becoming more assertive even in settled areas, and the government is weak. It doesn...