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Yardfest organizers say that the event was planned to replace Springfest, which has received much criticism over the years for its lack of an undergraduate focus...
...initial version of the budget. “I see this as an important vote in whether or not we support the educational leadership of the superintendent,” said Reeves, who voted with the majority to block the motion. The last-minute disagreement arose because of the lack of time put into the budget drafting process, committee members said yesterday. The superintendent introduced the first draft to the committee early last month. Although committee member Richard Harding said that there “is something lacking” in the current budget drafting process, he said changes...
...Critics of the study, including Dr. Mitchell Krucoff of Duke University, published an editorial in the American Heart Journal claiming that researchers took “an almost casual approach toward any explanation.” Dusek said that the scientists’ experiment was worthwhile, despite the lack of definitive results. “We were scientifically valid in trying...to ask a question that has never been asked before.” However, another critic, Dr. Harold Koenig, founder of Duke’s Center for the Study of Religion/Spirituality, said the study overlooked the importance of sincerity...
...defining leader. And while Democrats may agree broadly, there are still major differences on tactics, such as the proposal to censure Bush over his warrantless spying program offered by Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold. That idea won little support among his fellow Democrats. "I don't think it's a lack of ideas; it's coherence," says Paul Begala, the veteran Democratic strategist. The anti-war left is so mad at Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman, for instance, that they're running a primary campaign against...
...Qadhafi was not alone in his fears, according to the cable, which was provided to TIME by Judicial Watch, an investigative watchdog group. Umar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir, the president of Sudan, Osama bin Laden's onetime refuge, also implored other Arab leaders to vouch for his lack of involvement in 9/11 and hold an Arab summit. The idea, apparently, was to try to show solidarity with the U.S. and other U.S.-friendly Arab regimes. "The Sudanese and Libyans sounded very afraid to their Egyptian and other interlocutors," the cable says. The Sudanese ambassador "had a quivering voice...