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...world that’s getting ready to become leaders,” Curll said, “people who have been extraordinary human beings whose lives I played just a minor role in.” Curll said she wanted the book, her first, to “level the playing field,” and give guidance to individuals without access to pre-law advising. Another of Curll’s Law School admits, David S. Friedman ’93, the first assistant to the Massachusetts attorney general, said her book stands out from the plethora...
...rival Northern Alliance. When the Taliban captured Kabul in 1994, Pakistan was one of only three nations to recognize their government. The Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI), Pakistan's clandestine services, then sent militants hardened in the Soviet war to Indian-administered Kashmir in order to wage a low-level insurgency. They used the Afghan mountains as training grounds and looked the other way when Osama bin Laden made the country a base for his terrorist network. Many Kashmiri militants were trained in his camps as part of the global jihad. As long as there was a sympathetic regime...
...pool with relationships that will last a very long time,” Connolly said.The Crimson was done in this weekend by having to play catch-up throughout its two defeats. At times, it put together effectively executed set plays but was not able to sustain a high level of play against rather evenly matched opponents in MIT and Fordham.“We played worthy opponents in both [MIT and Fordham],” Tune said. “I thought we were well prepared and played hard, but just came out on the wrong end of a couple...
...reported recently that China's Producer Price Index "declined sharply to 6.6% year-on-year in October, from 9.1% in September," Ulrich of JPMorgan wrote in her report. She noted that the Consumer Price Index, which will be released this week, will also moderate further from last month's level of 4.6%, which was the fifth successive monthly decline...
Although the level of daily violence has dropped off markedly over the past year, there has been a steady uptick in recent weeks. The increased violence comes at a time of growing uncertainty in Iraq. On the medium-term outlook, American and Iraqi negotiators continue to bicker over the wording of a bilateral security agreement that will authorize the presence of U.S. troops after the U.N. mandate governing their mission expires at the end of this year. If an agreement is not reached, or a new U.N. mandate not issued, U.S. troops may be confined to their bases...