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...rioters' outrage stems from reports that Rini had bought M.P.s' votes with money from Asian business backers. Rini has denied the allegations, but claims of bribery and corruption - which were also leveled at his predecessor, Sir Allan Kemakeza - swirl constantly on the Solomons' "coconut wireless." Police investigating the riots on Sunday arrested Central Honiara M.P. Nelson Ne'e for intimidation and issued a warrant for the arrest of East Honiara M.P. Charles Dausabea on similar charges...
Light said at a press conference this afternoon that he expects his tenure to follow a similar path to that of his predecessor, Kim B. Clark ’74, who resigned his post last summer after 10 years at the helm to assume the presidency of Brigham Young University-Idaho...
...Erian himself adds to Harvard’s stock of brainpower. With a doctorate in economics from Oxford University, he has served as a senior official at the International Monetary Fund, the head of the emerging market research team at the predecessor to Citigroup, and as the chief of the Pacific Investment Management Company’s $28 billion emerging market portfolio...
...Murthy, who said she was “distracted” by the color change, several students criticized the clock’s appearance. Elizabeth R. Considine ’07 said that the new clock was not “as aesthetically appealing” as its predecessor. Tom G. Beatty ’06 added that the digital clock seemed out of place in contrast to the more dated architecture of the Cambridge Savings Bank façade. “It looked like something that had been stuck there in the 80s and didn?...
...began working for Bush in the Texas Governor?s office in 1999, was one of the few people left in the West Wing known as "family" - put in his job because he was beloved by the President and because longtime confidant Karen Hughes wanted him there. Like Bolten?s predecessor, Andrew H. Card Jr., McClellan did not want to go. Although he had talked to colleagues sporadically about departing as long as a year ago, he had planned to stay until after the midterm election. Friends said he had gotten the internal signal and wanted to get it over with...