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...shocking, however, is the way in which the College and Winthrop House went about dealing with overcrowding. Although the change in Winthrop will benefit rising sophomores (the policy makes many of the house’s cramped sophomore quads into triples), it is an unprecedented breaking of an unspoken pact that leaves the Class of 2009 feeling at worst, cheated and at best, ignored. The timing of the announcement (in the middle of midterms and three days before spring break) and the method through which it was delivered signify that the House administrators were either attempting to slip the change...
...Before Munir arrived, Ramadi was widely considered the most dangerous city in Iraq. But in mid-2007, tribal leaders in Anbar formed a pact to fight al-Qaida extremists in the province, and Anbar has since transformed into a model of stability touted by U.S. officials...
...debate has shifted not only from national security to jobs, but to politics as well. That's because Senator John McCain, the presumptive G.O.P. presidential nominee, fought against an earlier Boeing tanker pact, which was found to be tainted - and therefore required the new bidding process won by the Airbus-led team. "I've always felt that the best thing to do is to create the best weapons system we can at minimum cost to taxpayers," McCain said after the announcement. But presaging the fall campaign - where a shaky U.S. economy will be front and center - both Democratic contenders have...
...State Department and European Union's lists of terrorist organizations; but FARC experts tell TIME that the group, despite its ample wherewithal, is unlikely to seek such a weapon. President Bush, meanwhile, said unequivocally this week as he lobbied Congress for a U.S.-Colombia free-trade pact, that "America will stand with Colombia...
...internationalists are certainly aware of the discrepancy: In the decades following the revolution, many in the solidarity movement began to lose faith in the party's leader, President Daniel Ortega, who became embroiled in property scandals, sexual abuse allegations by his stepdaughter, and an odious power-sharing pact with erstwhile sworn enemy and arch-conservative Arnoldo Aleman. So, when Ortega managed to get reelected in 2006, even those who had originally come here to support his first government were leery of his return. And now, after a year in office, that caution has turned to criticism...