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...interview from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Educated in the United States at Syracuse University, Alwaleed also has deep financial ties to U.S. companies and said he was shocked and saddened by the Sept. 11 attacks. He tried to donate to the Twin Towers Fund shortly after the attacks, but then-Mayor of New York Rudolph W. Giuliani rejected the donation after Alwaleed issued a statement arguing that the U.S. “must address some of the issues that led to such a criminal attack.” Alwaleed later wrote an op-ed piece in the New York Times stating...
...Islamic Heritage Project, which will digitize classic Islamic texts and make them available via the internet. Alwaleed, who is the nephew of the late King Fahd, became the center of controversy shortly after the September 11, 2001, attacks, when he pledged $10 million to the Twin Towers Fund. The mayor of New York City at the time, Rudolph W. Giuliani, rejected the donation because of the politically-charged pro-Palestinian message that Alwaleed attached to his gift. In that statement, Alwaleed called for the United States to “re-examine its policies in the Middle East and adopt...
...Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department lit an evergreen tree decorated with lights and ornaments. And while this was the 64th time city officials have lit a tree, it was the first time ever that the evergreen in question was described as a “holiday tree” rather than a Christmas tree. The name change was done ostensibly to secularize the tree and have it appeal to Boston residents of all faiths. The actual result, however, was to illustrate how much politicians pander to political correctness. As mentioned previously, the lighting...
...where she chats with a coworker, on a walk with her husband, in the car as she files her nails, and at the breakfast table.Nobody is quiet during the screening. Everybody is talking. There is laughter when the woman chatters with her husband about a teenager who was elected mayor. And students are always intermittently offering remarks: “I like that. That’s a cool shot.” When the light flickers on, Moss comes out of the projector room and jumps into the discussion. He pushes the students, asking them what parts were clear...
...their penultimate meeting of the year yesterday, Cambridge city councillors sparred over a proposal that could alter the balance of power between the council and the public school system. Councillors used the sometimes-emotional debate to position themselves for the January mayoral election, and two members—Kenneth E. Reeves ’72 and Henrietta Davis—openly declared their candidacies. The controversial proposal, authored by Councillor Anthony D. Galluccio, would have directed the city manager to examine whether it was legal for the City Council to pay for an outside audit of the School Department. Currently...