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...Daniel J.T. Devroye, who is in his third year at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) and working on his Ph.D. in Political Economy and Government [PEG}, reflected the thoughts of many joint and concurrent degree candidates...
...come back here. I have nothing to do here." "Join me," said Sobchak. Sobchak was dazzling the city with his promises of democracy and reform. Putin was ready to make a "real break," says a close Putin aide. "People had the feeling Sobchak was someone they could peg their destiny to." Some say Putin was planted on Sobchak by the KGB; this aide says Putin informed his KGB bosses of the job offer, and they gave their approval because the service was disintegrating...
...unclear how much of a legal chain-reaction Vermont has set in motion. Thirty states have passed Defense of Marriage Acts expressly refusing to recognize same-sex unions approved elsewhere. But gay-rights advocates believe other states will eventually follow Vermont's lead. "People will see," says Peg Byron of the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, "that the sky has not fallen in Vermont when families are respected this...
...very disturbed by all this, emphatically disturbed," said Peg Brown, who lives next door. She said that when residents were given the opportunity to ask Ruge questions about the blueprints, they uniformly expressed their concern...
...Nothing about Atom Egoyan is easy to peg or categorize, including his background. Born in Egypt in 1960 to Armenian parents, Egoyan relocated to Canada when he was three, but didn't begin speaking English until four years later. Egoyan's unique name reflects his dual heritage, as he was named "Atom" in recognition of the first nuclear reactor ever to be built in Egypt, and his last name was shortened from Yeghoyan upon the family's arrival in British Columbia...