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...turns out, Iraq may prove to be not only the first but also the last laboratory for preventive war. Instead of deterring the rulers in Tehran and Pyongyang, the travails of the U.S. occupation may have emboldened those regimes in their quest to obtain nuclear weapons while constraining the U.S. military's ability to deter them. "We put three countries on notice--Iraq, Iran and North Korea--and we attacked one of them pre-emptively," says retired Marine Corps General Joseph Hoar, who commanded the U.S. Central Command from 1991 to '94. "Now we find that...
Other University officials were less certain about Ellison’s promise, but Summers turned a deaf ear to demands by top administrators to obtain a formal commitment from Ellison. Summers’ attitude changed sometime last year after frequent delays on Ellison’s end, and the president began scrambling—with no success—to get the gift in writing, the source said...
...world of terrorist weaponry, this was the equivalent of splitting the atom. Obtain a few widely available chemicals, and you could construct it with a trip to Home Depot and then kill everyone in the store...
...needs of their main customers, Harvard’s students. When Harvard is not in session, approximately 20 percent of HUDS employees remain employed there. However, managers have been successful at placing many additional HUDS workers in temporary paid positions in other University departments. Those who are furloughed typically obtain seasonal employment outside of Harvard while retaining their Harvard health and dental benefits.As for worker safety, HUDS has a consistent and exemplary record of compliance with all codes for food service safety and sanitation. Harvard’s Office of Environmental Health and Safety acts as the independent, third party...
...unusually high demand for work visas this year and Harvard’s traditionally late graduation date, some international students have failed to obtain the work visas they need to keep their prospective jobs and remain in the United States next year.Three days before her graduation, Monica Rana ’06 thought her future was settled. She had an apartment in New York and a job with Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW), an investment banking company. But Rana received a call yesterday morning informing her that the company would probably have to rescind her job offer.Rana, who is from Nepal...