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...things we anticipated could happen...was that a whole host of those schools could make the same decision.” But this was not the case, according to the survey. Dean of Admissions William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 said that this apparent lack of response from other institutions is neither surprising nor worrisome, as large policy changes by a few schools tend to take three to five years to yield changes across higher eduction—so other colleges may wait before considering changes to their early programs. Harvard, too, will be evaluating the results...
...good ones we’ll recycle, the bad ones we’ll trash,” Sundquist’s fellow Dorm Crew Captain Marcelo Cerullo ’10 said. The reason for the sacking of students’ fluffy head-companions was an apparent lack of enthusiasm for their presence, according to Yardops’ Associate Director of Regional Operations Zachary M. Gingo ’98. “We found that many students didn’t use the University-provided pillows and we didn’t want to continue to be providing...
...when the U.S. would decide whether to continue the surge or begin an inevitable pullback. But even before Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker utter a word to Congress, that debate looks almost moot. Bush appears ready to continue the surge for another six months or so, and the Democrats lack the votes to check him. So what will unfold instead in Washington this month is not a debate about the surge but the beginning of a debate about what comes after: How long will the U.S. be in Iraq? (Probably a decade, possibly more.) How many troops will be needed...
...NYPD report notes, is the frequent presence of converts - whose zeal to prove their dedication to Islam can propel some into underground extremist activity facilitated sometimes by their physical appearances. "In politically incorrect language, they don't look like Muslims to most people, and the freedom of movement and lack of suspicion that affords is used to the hilt in preparing attacks," the French intelligence official explains. "In addition to their radicalism, converts often feel they are proving their piety through jihad. That's an extra motivation that makes them a real danger...
...riots in some corners of the Muslim world, and sparked renewed debate about the theological and philosophical roots of the so-called "clash of civilizations" percolating across the globe. Flinging the mild-mannered Benedict into the fire of breaking-news notoriety - with both his keen intelligence and striking lack of political acumen on fine display - the controversial lecture is the singular watershed of his papacy. Indeed, Vatican watchers now commonly divide Benedict's reign into "before and after" Regensberg...