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...former Crimson editor who covered the search that produced Summers, each member of the search committee meets with hundreds of people, including prominent alumni, faculty, and leaders in non-academic fields. Each interview lasts two or three hours as the search committee tries to narrow down the field. The Corporation imposes a strict policy of secrecy, and none of the presidential potentials are informed that they are, in fact, candidates. As a result, campaigning is kept to a minimum.“If you’re qualified, the Committee will show up at your doorstep,” says...
...Barry Johnson, a spokesman for the U.S. military in Baghdad, said U.S. and Iraqi authorities had confirmation on only about 365 deaths, but did not deny that more deaths were possible because of the narrow requirements the U.S. and Iraqi government have for reporting them. ?They have additional reports that have insufficient details to properly substantiate...
...rules of class-based politics. Comrades now had share portfolios; union delegates were taking on debt. The latest struggle was taking place every Saturday in the nation's front yards to the rhythms of fervent auctioneers; in the distant, dusty bush, illegal immigrants were being detained. Howard's relatively narrow agenda of social cohesion, free enterprise and wealth accumulation was now a mass movement. And when the U.S. was attacked by terrorists and further calamity threatened, Howard became sterner and more somber - someone who would see the challenge through. His moment arrived. Instinctively, he did not try to charm. Polling...
...lost the Ashes five months ago, Australia under Ponting have trampled everyone in their path. He has played numerous sublime captain's knocks, and clearly has the respect, loyalty and affection of his players. But on another level, Australian cricket has suffered under a leader whose goals seem too narrow. Defeat in England stung him; the response hasn't always been edifying...
Among architectural preservationists, the greatest fear six months ago was that developers eager for large tracts of open land would push the city to bulldoze whole neighborhoods of traditional housing, like the long, narrow "shotgun" houses that produce the intricate streetscape rhythms around large parts of the city. Because replacing them with cookie-cutter suburban development would destroy the heart of the city, the National Trust for Historic Preservation teamed with the Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans to help finance the restoration of a number of flood-damaged older homes. The point was to show that it was entirely...