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...University are not significantly different. Even the dean of the College is not as powerful as the office’s title sounds. Just as students have not met with the Corporation since 1992, neither did Professor of Mathematics Benedict H. Gross ’71, nor did his predecessor Professor of Computer Science Harry R. Lewis ’68. Furthermore, the dean of the College has no final say in College policies...
...That scenario wouldn't be without precedent. Arroyo has already survived two coup attempts during her six years in office. She herself came to power after her predecessor, Joseph Estrada, was ousted in a military-backed protest movement dubbed People Power II after the nonviolent revolution that overthrew dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1986. In September, the country's anticorruption court convicted Estrada of plundering more than $15 million while in office and sentenced him to life imprisonment. Yet on Oct. 25, Arroyo granted Estrada a pardon on the grounds that he had already served more than six years under house...
...Committee Charman Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) and other prominent Democrats have vowed to stall Mukasey’s confirmation until he clearly his expresses his opposition to waterboarding. We applaud this decision and hope that our next Attorney General can improve on the dubious human rights record of his predecessor, who once famously characterized the Geneva Convention as “quaint.” Furthermore, presidential candidates should openly condemn waterboarding and all other forms of torture. All Democratic candidates have signed a pledge from the American Freedom Campaign vowing to oppose torture and preserve detainee rights...
...spearheading an initiative to increase student voting in primaries. But above all, he said he hopes to maintain continuity in the Institute’s programs.“The best thing I can do is to be unnoticed,” he said.Asked to compare Leach to his predecessor, IOP Student Advisory Committee President Elizabeth M. Grosso ’08 said she could see differences between Leach, a legislator, and Shaheen, a former governor. Shaheen was always thinking ahead to the implementation of policy, Grosso said.Shaheen said the IOP was lucky to have Leach as her successor...
...addition to the speed limit idea, the party voted to put the brakes on several economic reforms introduced by Merkel's predecessor, Gerhard Schroeder. The party called for the introduction of a minimum wage, for example, and the expansion of the period of eligibility for unemployment benefits for workers over the age of 50 - from 12 to 24 months. The party also urged a rethink of the government plan to partially privatize the national train company, Deutsche-Bahn, next year in a policy that has thrown the multibillion-euro deal into question. Merkel even came in for criticism from...