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...Hizballah, the Shi'ite Muslim Party of God that had been formed a year earlier to resist the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. But this café meeting was taking place in the spring of 2005, after mass demonstrations and U.S. pressure had helped force one of Hizballah's patron states, Syria, to end its occupation of Lebanon. The American official was thrilled by the turn of events ("There's going to be a whole new Lebanon," she said) and was feeling sanguine enough to venture out for coffee with journalists, albeit with several bodyguards...
...elected government to remove combat troops from Iraqi cities by July, and to remove all our troops from Iraq by 2012. We will help Iraq train its Security Forces and develop its economy. But we will support a secure and united Iraq as a partner, and never as a patron. (See pictures of Iraq's revival...
...been historically underutilized despite College administrators’ hopes that the SOCH would serve as a hub for student groups and enhance the Quad’s appeal. Crista Martin, a spokeswoman for HUDS, wrote in an e-mailed statement that both cafés have had limited patron support, and that determinations about the staff in these locations are pending completion of budget planning. HUDS currently operates both eateries. Veronica M. Maldonado ’11, who works at the Coffee Bar, said that the eatery is entirely staffed by students and added that a student manager noted that...
...says. Like Pecci, the members of the Task Force wanted art to be a “major part of the university, as opposed to being on the fringe.” Harvard, Pecci believes, has a duty as a wealthy institution to act as a patron for the arts. “It needs to fund that which is pushing boundaries and allow for artists to take risks,” he says. For Pecci, such risks are important to theater as it explores the intersections between play and performance. “What a script really...
...After Akhmad was killed by a bomb in 2004, Putin installed Ramzan as prime minister, and later president; the two continue to enjoy a close relationship. "If it were not for Putin, Chechnya would not exist. I owe my life to Putin," Kadyrov said of his political patron in a recent interview with Rossiiskaya Gazeta...