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...Islamic sects that are intent on undermining democracy and Turkey's treasured secularist principles. For the the sake of the nation, says Koseoglu, they must be defeated at the polls. "We want to expose the true face of the AKP and make sure no vote is wasted." The little outfit to which he belongs, formed a year ago under the title the Kemalist Politics Group, is one of scores that have emerged in in the run-up to parliamentary elections on July 22. In a rare expression of political will from a middle class that has traditionally seen scant need...
Julie Chu '07 joined the coaching staff on the women's team at Minnesota-Duluth last Tuesday, while former Bulldogs assistant Joakim Flygh and former Providence standout and Amherst assistant Melanie Ruzzi were brought in to round out the Harvard coaching outfit...
...Dhani first has to win over his homeland, however. He grew up in Surabaya, listening to Queen and Japanese jazz-fusion outfit Casiopea. After notching up seven platinum albums in Indonesia with his own band, Dewa 19, he announced his intention to wean millions of his countrymen away from extremist Islamic views. "What happens depends on how we deal with the radicals and teach people about Islam," explains Dhani, who says he quit a religious school as a child because he was put off by its conservative Wahhabi teachings. "It's time to come together, even if we have...
...Just don't forget that any stock comes with risks. On June 22, the day of Blackstone's IPO, the Wall Street outfit Bear Stearns, which has been publicly traded for two decades, announced that it would spend up to $3.2 billion bailing out an internally run hedge fund that was flailing from bad bets in the declining sub-prime mortgage market. The stock dropped more than 4% for the week...
...Ruby, his gangster role is magnified by the recent books that go beyond the Warren Commission's portrayal of a strip-show proprietor and police buff. Some authors see him as a small-time hood in Chicago who worked his way up in what had been Al Capone's outfit. He was sent to Dallas in 1947, they say, with other Chicago gangsters to take over that city's rackets. Other reports had Ruby being exiled to Dallas by the Chicago Mob. Yet Marcello retained control of Dallas operations, working mainly through local boss Joseph Civello. The new books claim...