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...DeMint and Coburn are unhappy with a rule that would allow Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, and his committee chairmen - rather than the body?s parliamentarian - to determine whether earmark disclosure rules have been complied with. It's a technical point, admits DeMint, but a key one. "One of the reasons Americans have such a low opinion of Congress is that we pretend to do things that we don't actually do, and here we are just pretending to pass real reform," he said. "The [majority] leader can just say that no new earmarks have been added...
...exports - from timber to textiles to farm machinery - now heads to markets in the West. Tourism is booming, too: last year, ferries, cruise ships and low-cost airlines disgorged 1.5 million visitors in Riga, up from 1.1 million the previous year. Visvaldis Lacis, an 83-year-old author and parliamentarian, recalls that under Soviet rule the kgb stopped every ship entering and leaving the harbor to check for spies and stowaways. Lacis now watches as a black and red Cypriot-flagged container ship slides by on its way to the sea. "This," he marvels, "is freedom...
...also unclear what exactly Counter’s organization does. The Harvard Foundation’s supposed commitment to promoting intercultural and racial understanding did not stop it from pulling sponsorship of a 2006 panel featuring Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the former Dutch parliamentarian and human rights activist whose 2004 film, "Submission," detailing mistreatment of Muslim women in the Netherlands, triggered the murder of its director, Theo Van Gogh. Despite the fact that Hirsi Ali was set to appear with several other panelists, including Ahmed Mansour, a leading scholar and defender of Islam, many students, including members of the Harvard Islamic...
...stein mug hanging on a numbered peg in the Pub, and their names added to a kind of “Upper Hall of Fame” placard. HoCos singled out the most enthusiastic seniors with methods ranging from an application process to nominations, voting, and appointments. Kirkland HoCo Parliamentarian Matt Drazba ’08 says the Kirkland apps featured questions such as “If you had to name your iPod, what would you name it?” These Upper Halls were expected to ignite the Friday night scene at Queen’s Head. Nothing...
...mouth.” The lecture was co-sponsored by the International Relations Council (IRC), the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, and Kirkland House. Martin Liby Alonso ’09, Director of Speaker Events for IRC Campus Outreach, said that he made contact with Blix through a parliamentarian in the Swedish Liberal party. Alonso, a native of Sweden, belongs to the Liberal party and served on the Gavle City Council before coming to Harvard. “Swedish liberals are a breed close to extinction” Alsonso said, referring to Blix...