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...pitch was the same for Welch as for the class that preceded him, the one that had hooked his predecessor as captain, Kenny Smith ’04, and would soon net future assistant captains Ryan Lannon and Tom Cavanagh...
...places terrorists are most likely to hit instead of all across the country, as the government does now; how to screen for travelers who may actually pose a risk; and how to divulge information about threats in ways that are useful and not gratuitously alarming. Implicitly criticizing his predecessor's handling of security alerts, Chertoff says wants to keep Americans alert but "guard against crying wolf...
...APPOINTED. HAN DUCK-SOO, 55, veteran South Korean bureaucrat and supporter of open market economic policies; as the country's new finance minister; in Seoul. Han replaced Lee Hun-jai, who resigned last week, and promised to follow a similar economic strategy as his predecessor. "I will do my best to assure markets [of consistency], revive the economy and establish systems for an advanced Korea," Han said. The government hopes to achieve 5% economic growth this year...
...anything raises The Ring Two slightly above its predecessor on the horror film barometer, it’s the sequel’s gung-ho philosophy: “Forget the explanatory narrative, go for the gold!” The “gold” in this case being a plethora of seat-jumping absurdities and admittedly delicious surprises that unfortunately leads to a predictably bland conclusion. Luckily though, the scares are, for the most part, genuine enough to hold our attention...
...served in the communications office for the Clinton White House and later as a staff member for Summers’ predecessor as secretary of the Treasury, Robert E. Rubin ’60, who now sits on the University’s top governing board...