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Adams House had 322 applicants, a number that was fairly consistent across Houses that disclosed the number of tutor candidates. Lowell boasted 311 applicants, while Kirkland...
...number of tutor hires varied across the Houses to account for the existing resident tutors who, set to complete their academic programs, will soon leave the Houses—Winthrop House had no turnover in resident tutors, in contrast to Adams’ nine new hires...
...apparent breakdown in the Syrian-Israeli peace track is contributing to the widespread pessimism in the Middle East that the next war between Israel and one of its enemies - Iran, Syria, Hizballah or Hamas - could easily escalate into a regional war with all of them. And there are a number of potential triggers for such a conflagration. Hizballah, which has rearmed in violation of U.N. resolutions and is even more powerful than it was before the summer 2006 war with Israel, still claims the right to retaliate for the 2007 assassination of its operations chief, Imad Mugniyah. And although Hamas...
...leave with a real sense of accomplishment." But this tour was different. They had two months left, and the tide seemed to be running against them. Robison thought that opening the Pir Mohammed School might mitigate the sense of failure, but he also had to admit that a fair number of his men didn't want to take any more risks. They just wanted to go home. (See pictures of U.S. troops in Iraq...
...largest recorded in the immediate area, which is rife with seismic activity. The May 12, 2008, Sichuan earthquake, which killed 87,000, was centered about 375 miles (600 km) to the southeast of the Qinghai temblor. So far at least 11 schools have collapsed in Qinghai, and the number of dead students stands at 66, with dozens more trapped, provincial education secretary Wang Yubo said. Two years ago as many as 6,000 students died in collapsed classrooms in Sichuan. The anger of their parents, some of whom allege that official corruption led to flimsy construction, has been the most...