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...manage the offices for human resources, administration, and finance—which previously reported directly to the President. In his role, Forst quickly became one of the closest advisers to University President Drew G. Faust on the administration’s response to the economic turmoil, which has already led the University to make sweeping budget cuts...
...recent afternoon, Johnson, a 29-year-old African American, led her two daughters through the produce section. She tossed a pineapple and bags of apples into the shopping cart. "See, these are all real fresh," she says, pointing to a bag of blueberries. "You put these on little short cakes, with whipped cream," she continues, explaining the night's dessert, "and they love it." Johnson is now a Farmers Best regular and eschews nearby grocers that, she says, are often overcrowded and dirty and where "the oranges have brown spots...
Such incidents are not uncommon in Afghanistan today and parallel the situation in Iraq where similar shootings were instrumental in turning popular sentiment against the coalition forces led by the United States. In Afghanistan, as it was in Iraq, when civilians die, international forces say that a suspicious vehicle approached a checkpoint or convoy and failed to heed calls as well as possibly warning shots to stop. After those standard procedures are done, an "escalation of force" takes place...
...consider staying put in Cleveland, as he may become a free agent next year. Although Cleveland is his hometown and it boasts a successful franchise, it's a second-tier basketball town, without the financial resources of cities like New York or Los Angeles. Certainly, the New World Development-led consortium must be hoping that the Little Emperor won't leave Cleveland. Otherwise, the value of the Emperor's clothes - both real and knockoff - will plummet in China...
...While the central government says that 50 years of Communist Party rule of Tibet has led to broad economic gains, the report argues that few of the benefits are enjoyed by young people, who made up a large proportion of the rioters last year. The researchers found the while young Tibetans had given up interest in living as herders and farmers like their elders, a lack of opportunities for work or higher education meant that they have little hope of finding a place in the broader world to which they've been exposed. (Read "China Watches as Tibetan Talks Begin...