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...Jaafari has lived within the Green Zone in what had been one of Saddam's favorite palaces. But al-Jaafari knew not to make himself too comfortable. Boxes are backed up in the corner of his office, never unpacked. Framed pictures lean against the wall, unlikely to be hung. He often recalls a discussion he had as a young student in the holy city of Karbala, when he told a friend of his ambition to launch an opposition movement. The friend stopped him and warned that managing Iraq would be much harder than getting to power. "He was right about...
Kathy Delaney-Smith hung up her whistle for a little while last March, after Harvard fell to Dartmouth in an Ivy League tie-breaker just one game before the NCAA tournament...
...cobbled streets of Blois this November evening. World famous for its 13th century castle, 17th century cathedral, and medieval old town, Blois has long been fixture on the itinerary of the millions of tourists visiting France's Loire Valley every year. But as he peers up at the prematurely-hung Christmas decorations glittering above the immaculate, well-tended streets, Youness Ouzaanik is aware of just how different this postcard scene looks from the desolate landscapes of Blois's vast housing projects - where he lives, along with nearly a third of the city's population. "I'm not asking for Christmas...
...class of members to a student organization. Like countless other groups that don’t cause late night problems, fraternities and sororities can easily pickup their new members without disrupting the sleep of the rest of the campus. Just because they’ll be hung over the next day doesn’t mean we should feel their pain...
...because Israel, which controls all access points into the Palestinian territories even after withdrawing from Gaza, and the Palestinian Authority had been unable to reach an agreement that would let inhabitants of the territories travel and trade. The two sides were inches from a deal, Wolfensohn said, but were hung up on details...