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...host is unpredictable South Africa Following the sleek, well-organized World Cups hosted by Germany in 2006 and co-hosted by Japan and South Korea in 2002, South Africa has been beset by difficulties from the beginning, including construction delays, labor strikes and questions over adequate transportation links and security for hundreds of thousands of fans. But the tournament's organizers are confident these problems will be resolved in time. Since the end of apartheid, the country has hosted successful cricket and rugby World Cups, and the country hopes the soccer tournament will mark a new moment of unity...
...clubs fall into two main categories: those with clubhouses and those without. The former have the luxury of consistently returning to the same location, while the latter sort host events in various rented venues...
...members and $40 for everyone else. Set tentatively to leave at 4 p.m. on Friday, this bus gives you time to crash on a Yalie futon. If you just (inconveniently) broke up with your significant other at Yale, the BSA can also set you up with a host. Don’t party too hard on Saturday night, though; the bus is set to depart 11 a.m. Sunday...
Selected courses from the Law School, Kennedy School, Divinity School, and Education school will count, as will a host of FAS offerings ranging from some Social Studies seminars related to the concepts of race and immigration to English courses like John Stauffer’s new “Diffusions 62: Castaways and Renegades, Masters and Slaves...
...Unwilling to execute Craig's plan, the White House had no backup. Though Durbin thought it could win the fight, Obama's political team worried about antagonizing lawmakers at a time when the President was seeking more money for Iraq and Afghanistan as well as a host of economic concerns. "The precincts were reporting that there was going to be stiff opposition" to Craig's Guantánamo plan, says a top official. It became "a question of what is achievable," he adds...