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...same time, since a considerable portion of the total debt was owed to the IMF, it was hardly enthusiastic about what debt forgiveness would do to its balance sheet. Given all this, it was not too surprising that only three countries - Uganda, Bolivia and Guyana - met the hurdles and received debt relief. Those concerned with the plight of the poor in developing countries were frustrated by the slow pace of debt forgiveness. In 2000, the Jubilee movement mobilized sufficient public opinion to the point where debt forgiveness was greatly extended and the hurdles adjusted to a more reasonable level...
...committee of administrators and students, chaired by new Associate Dean of the College Judith H. Kidd, will determine how to rebuild a portion of the QRAC for dance space. The Rieman Center—which has recently been reappropriated by the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study—will meanwhile continue to house dance space for at least another year, according to Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross...
...Still, the fact that the trend in the Arab and Muslim world over the past two years is to turn away from the U.S. rather than move closer to it has to be the single most important factor operating in al-Qaeda's favor. As long as a significant portion of the world's Muslims perceive U.S. actions in Iraq, Israel and elsewhere as innately hostile to their interests, al-Qaeda - and the wider jihadi movement it has spawned - is unlikely to be eliminated. So, they're not winning the war, thus far - but they're not losing...
Striking it rich has a funny way of changing people. Back when Howard Dean was an underfunded underdog in the Democratic race, he swore allegiance to public matching funds--the system in which presidential candidates who agree to spending limits during the primaries receive federal dollars for a portion of the money they have raised. "We've always been committed to this," Dean declared. "Campaign-finance reform is just something I believe...
...majority of LISE will be located underground, with a 96-foot tall, above-ground portion that will attach to the Gordon McKay building...