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...others remained more neutral towards the mayor’s move. Harvard’s director of community relations for Boston Kevin A. McCluskey ’76, said it was important to look at the mayor’s intentions from a larger perspective, noting that Harvard and Boston have maintained a long and productive relationship, with Harvard helping the city improve public education and housing...
...Canadian parliament shut down abruptly on Dec. 4 when the embattled Prime Minister Stephen J. Harper of the Conservative Party convinced Governor-General Michaëlle Jean to prorogue, or suspend, the body until January. Harper’s move came ahead of a planned no-confidence vote that had been scheduled...
After consulting widely with colleagues, FAS Dean Michael D. Smith chose Lamont almost a year after government professor Lisa L. Martin left the post to move to the University of Wisconsin—accusing Smith of a lack of attention to diversity...
...would redefine the Law of the Sea, Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice is expected to present a draft to the Security Council early next week. Moreover, the European Union (EU) is pulling together a joint maritime effort to attack pirates on sea. For the EU, this represents an unprecedented move toward joint military efforts–the navies of Germany, Britain, France, and four other member countries are expected to participate in what has been dubbed Operation Atalanta. The motivations for the U.S. and the EU are clear. Pirates off Somalia disrupt a key trade route that has linked...
...Despite the calls for his resignation - from Obama, among others - and a move in the state legislature to start impeachment proceedings, observers don't expect a quick resolution to the scandal. "These calls for Blagojevich to resign, they're very sensible, but you can't force someone to do so," says Dick Simpson, a former Chicago alderman who now heads the political-science department at the University of Illinois at Chicago. "Impeachment hearings would take a long time - months - and the call for a special election needs his signature, which the legislature would then have to override his veto...