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...Every day, we wonder which house the bulldozers are going to come for," says Nese Ozan, a volunteer with the Sulukule Platform, a coalition of architects, activists and social workers against the demolition. Between every three or four of the squat, derelict houses, one has been reduced to a pile of debris and twisted metal. A red X marks those that are next in line for the demolition teams...
...This pressure from lawmakers seems to have hit a nerve: already, one alumna has penned a scathing critique of Harvard’s spending practices in The New York Times, writing that “Harvard is sitting on top of a gargantuan pile of cash” and that “for some reason, no one seems to be talking about a new financial model for running the university...
Aditya Balasubramanian had finished seeking counselor recommendations and prepping his personal essay this past fall. He decided to apply early to Yale. By the time Harvard admissions officers got to his application in the January 1 pile, the Bethesda, Md. native had already been accepted to the other Ivy, had enrolled in Yale’s “adopt-a-prefrosh” program, and had the chance to wear a Yale 2012 t-shirt...
...Because the past week has seen crisis pile up on crisis, there has been quite a bit of speculation about the collapse of the Republic. But though it has been a critical time in the National Assembly, there seems little chance at present for a right wing coup. A police demonstration is far from an insurrection, and even if the cabinet falls, the parliamentary merry-go-round should keep on turning there are disaffected and frustrated army groups in France in addition to the extreme right wing parties, but according got Hoffman, de Gaulle seems sick of politics and gives...
...making the race so close, she's earned the right to be Obama's running mate. No sooner had this weekend's battles of Michigan, Florida and Puerto Rico come to an end than whispers began to trickle in once more that Clinton will continue to try to pile up marginal delegates to compel Obama to consider her for the number two spot. "There are a bunch of women out there," said one member of her team, "who won't vote for him otherwise...