Word: murr
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...positive side, however, the Lebanese army seems to be recovering its independence after the 15 years of Syrian domination. Although the Defense Minister, Elias Murr, is sometimes allied with Lebanon's pro-Syrian president, Emile Lahoud, there has been an extensive purge of pro-Syrian officers in the past year, according to Kahwaji. That's been especially true in military intelligence, often the most political - and powerful - branch of Arab militaries...
...days after the Israelis began their air raids and artillery bombardment, Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr talked tough: "The Lebanese army will resist and defend the country," he said in a televised address. "If there is an invasion of Lebanon, we are waiting for them." Twenty-four days into the conflict, the Lebanese army is still waiting, and has made no move against the Israeli invasion...
...have any effect.”Sidney R. Knafel ’52, whose $26 million gift endowed the Knafel Building, part of the Center for Government and International Studies center, says that his own level of giving would not be affected by the shake-up.Michael C. Murr ’73, whose donation for an athletic center endowed the Murr Center, writes in an e-mail that administrative turnover is just one of many factors affecting fundraising.“The fact that Harvard presidents come and go has far less impact on the donor pool than the general economic...
...course after Freshman Week and placed third in his second tournament, while classmates John Christensen and Josh Isner played well throughout the fall. Senior D.J. Hynes recovered splendidly from his knee injury, finishing eighth and 11th in a pair of the fall tournaments. The team practiced inside the Murr Center through the cold New England winter on a new golf simulator provided by the Friends of Harvard Golf, but it wasn’t until spring break that the team could return to the outdoors in Jekyll Island, Ga., for the first time in five months. “Over...
...Riain said. “We now have the joint title and there’s almost no chance we won’t win 7-0 on Tuesday.” HARVARD 7, BROWN 0 While the Bears put forth a strong effort yesterday at the Murr Center, they could not hold their own against the Crimson, who won the doubles point and all six singles matches to shut out Brown. “[Yesterday] we took care of business,” Harvard coach Gordon Graham said. “We like playing indoors and we were pretty...