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...removed an administration widely viewed as corrupt and divisive, and vowed to quickly restore democracy. Now that support is waning. Martial law is still in place, a date has yet to be set for fresh elections, and no formal corruption charges have so far been brought against Thaksin. But interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont has moved more swiftly in the south. He has departed radically from Thaksin's iron-fisted?and ultimately self-defeating?attempts to crush the rebellion. He has personally apologized for the government's past heavy-handedness, including the notorious Tak Bai incident in which 85 Thai...
...budget and financial planning, among other responsibilities. Mora was previously the University’s associate vice president for sponsored programs, in which she helped oversee regulations for funding research endeavors such as the Broad Institute, the genomics collaboration between Harvard and MIT. At the time of her interim appointment, the University said that Mora would return to her former post once a permanent replacement for Berman was found. Mora, who is a certified public accountant, joined Harvard in 1997 as director of cost analysis and compliance after a 10-year career with accounting firm Coopers & Lybrand, now PricewaterhouseCoopers...
University spokesman John D. Longbrake also declined to release Interim President Derek C. Bok’s salary for this year...
...report submitted to the council by City Manager Robert W. Healy in response to an Oct. 16 formal inquiry by the council, Karen Hacker, interim chief public health officer at the city’s Department of Public Health, encouraged the council to institute policies to curb the use of trans fats in Cambridge but discouraged a legislative...
...offers double-sided printing. The initiative, which passed unanimously, was part of the UC’s Hidden Cost Campaign, which seeks to address unnecessary small costs imposed on students and student groups. A TAXING AFTERNOON Several members of the UC and other student leaders met Friday with interim Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles to urge the repeal of the student group gift tax, which the Faculty of Arts and Sciences plans to raise in the coming months. The tax will go up from five percent this year to 15 percent in three years. The UC has said...