Word: portal
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...assassination last December of Benazir Bhutto, a former Prime Minister who was likely to win parliamentary elections in February, capped a year of devastating bloodshed. Some 3,600 people died in terrorism-related violence in 2007, according to the organization South Asia Terrorism Portal, and this year will be worse, as militant groups have joined together to wage war on the central government. The February elections brought Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party, headed by her widower, Zardari, to power and a brief hiatus in the violence. But the new governing coalition collapsed over petty power struggles, and the militancy...
...that Simoncini was looking to become a bartender to the world. He had already founded an Internet portal called iFrance, and made a killing when he sold it to Vivendi for $200 million in 2000 amid a mad spending spree by then CEO Jean-Marie Messier...
...emphasized the flexible nature of the curriculum, calling the educational portal a “developmental sandbox” that will allow program participators to discover the most effective ways to teach and learn...
...Think of the education portal as a preamble to the future,” said Lue, who added that he hopes the completed science complex will offer hands-on science opportunities for both Harvard undergraduates and Allston residents...
...Jessica S. Hightower ’09, who has been mentoring at the portal this summer, the flexibility of the curriculum has been both a blessing and a challenge...