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...Appalachian drawl, says their biggest problem has not been current events or differing tastes in wall d�cor--Ball put up a seductive poster of Jessica Simpson, Almusai a portrait of King Abdullah--but "probably my accent." Kenny Ison, 20, a culinary-arts major from Point Pleasant, W.Va., happily recalls how his roommate, Hatim al-Garzaie, 21, invited him to sit on a rug spread on the floor and dine with a bunch of Saudi students by digging into communal pans of rice and meat. Other nights there have been jam sessions; al-Garzaie turns off his PlayStation, plugs...
...creation of 37 endowed professorships. There are currently 83 endowed professorships at HLS. In addition to overseeing fundraising, Nichols’ other principal responsibility was being a liaison to the school’s alumni. “[Nichols] made soliciting a contribution, normally a distasteful job, a pleasant task,” Finn M. W. Caspersen, a Class of 1966 alumnus who served on the executive committee of the Law School’s first capital campaign and is chairing the current one, said in a statement. Caspersen said that Nichols presided over the “revitalization...
...fact that I get to teach courses that mesh with my research interests makes life very pleasant,” says Miron, whose current interests include libertarian economics, crime, recycling, global warming, and terrorism. “You don’t have this tension of ‘should I focus on research or teaching’—the two are almost one and the same...
...where Ali Larijani, Iran's foreign policy chief and top nuclear negotiator, says Iran will consider talks with the U.S. to address concerns that Iran is seeking nuclear weapons, but only if "Mr. Bush does not harangue us" and warns that Iran's retaliation "will not be a very pleasant one? if attacked by Israel...
...Larijani: The same things that Americans are saying: for example, telling Israel to launch a military attack on some of our positions. There's a general rule that he who shoots first, dies in the second phase. If they take action, the response will not be a very pleasant one for them. We shall definitely defend. Don't doubt that for a second. We shall not stand idly by and watch Israelis attack our installations...