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...west of Baghdad. One blast in Baqubah, the provincial capital of Diyala Province, left some 40 people dead and wounded roughly 80 others, according to initial reports. Another explosion tore through Ramadi, a town which U.S. officials hailed as a success story in recent months because of its dramatically lower levels of violence. That attack killed 13 and left a similar number wounded...
...students, if a man doesn't reach out to shake your hand, take the first step and shake his hand. Show confidence." Other tips include learning to address everyone by their first name, and handling networking lunches and dinners. Another significant part is developing self-confidence. "Youngsters raised in lower-middle-class families and in smaller towns, when they manage to enter good colleges and land good jobs, still have to battle a feeling of inadequacy," says Srinath Gopalakrishna, co-founder and operations head of Bangalore-based ThinkVarsity Finishing School. "We try to do away with the left-brain, right...
...Jennifer L. Topiel, the executive director of communications, wrote in an e-mail. Elvira G. DiFabio, associate director of undergraduate studies in Italian, said that the suspension of the AP Italian exam will affect students pursuing a secondary field in Italian, because they may have to start at a lower level than if they had experience in an advanced Italian course in high school. “We’re really nipping the Italian program in the bud,” DiFabio said. DiFabio noted that, unlike for French and Latin, there is no other Italian AP exam offered...
...Last Tuesday, FAS Dean Michael D. Smith hoped to lower that threshold to an eighth for future meetings. Unfortunately, he couldn’t get a sixth that one last time to make the change official. FAS meetings may become a farce if this trend continues: 70 to 100 faculty members will meet for afternoon tea in University Hall, discuss a few agenda items, raise their hands to vote, and then realize that nothing they have said or done has any power because quorum has not been reached...
...terrace, the late afternoon’s warm summer air, straining to contain its own fragrant richness, had drawn tiny beads of condensation from the Viscountess Felicity Fabreigh’s glass of water. In the silence that had opened up between exchanged insults, she chewed elegantly on her lower lip. Her glass threw off thin beams of iridescence, which played tricks of light and color on Viscount Frederick Fabreigh’s monocle.“It will be pointless to plant it along the north wall,” the Viscount said. “That side...