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Those who come to view Commencement, however, are not necessarily guaranteed a place to sit. According to the University Marshal's office, approximately 20,000 passes to the Yard have been distributed, leaving some 1000 ticket-holders to view graduation ceremonies from the steps of Widener or University Hall...
...Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army and son-in-law of President Yang Shangkun; Li Tieying, 53, a rising Politburo member whose father was Li Weihan, a founder of the Communist Party; and State Councilor Zou Jiahua, 62, son-in-law of a famed army marshal...
Jordan's stability is crucial to countries on both sides of the Arab-Israeli dispute. The King has brought in Field Marshal Sharif Zaid bin Shaker to oversee preparations for parliamentary elections in the near future, which should bring a degree of democracy to a largely authoritarian land. But whatever path the new government takes, the people face several more years of austerity. "Sooner or later, Jordanians will have to adjust to a lower standard of living," admitted a top adviser to the King. "There's no other...
...were brought to the federal courthouse in a van and taken to an small room only a few feet away from the courtroom where they had listened to testimony for eight weeks. Their room was further crowded with hundreds of exhibits, some still classified as top secret. A U.S. marshal guarded the door...
They lost the race for class marshal, they didn't even make class committee, and their busy, busy schedules have an extra hour a week they can devote to an impressive-sounding activity. Of course, it's all done for free, although that extra entry on the resume, something like, "Senior Gift fundraiser: ruthlessly solicited money from extremely unwilling classmates for the Greatest University in the World," is payment enough...