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...move comes just over six months after HMC's previous chief, Mohamed A. El-Erian announced he would step down. Robert Kaplan, a former vice chairman at Goldman Sachs and a professor at the Harvard Business School, has acted as interim CEO since January 1 and, the University says, will now serve on HMC's board of directors...
...last serious attempt to defeat Sadr's fighters was in the summer of 2004, when Iyad Allawi, at the time the interim Prime Minister, authorized U.S. forces to attack the Mahdi Army in Baghdad and the holy city of Najaf. Then a poorly armed and ill-trained band, Sadr's men were easily routed, but Allawi didn't have the stomach to deliver the coup de grace: he allowed Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the senior Shi'ite cleric, to broker a peace that allowed Sadr to keep his fighters and, more importantly, his freedom...
...NATO'S missiles if there is no agreement at the INF negotiations in Geneva. But despite this declaration, West European leaders remain hopeful that the U.S. will adopt a more flexible approach. In this week's speech, Reagan is expected to indicate that the U.S. will consider accepting an interim U.S.-Soviet balance of, perhaps, 300 warheads for each side as a step toward the eventual elimination of Euromissiles. Offering such a compromise would help blunt the intense opposition among many citizens in Western Europe to new missiles. In addition, a good-faith bargaining gesture could neutralize one of Reagan...
...University has hired an architectural firm to look into the problem of Houses that cannot accommodate enough students, according to Interim Currier House Master Shahram Khoshbin...
...committee treated as anything other than outlined above,” referring to the body’s status as a non-standing committee. Last spring, then-Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 called for the creation of the review body, and in January, Interim Dean of the College David R. Pilbeam announced the names of the faculty members on the committee. But Pfister has said the group is on a “little hiatus.” Sundquist said that the committee’s first scheduled meeting will be the week after...