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...Opinion polls and projections through the second round of voting on June 16 predict that Sarkozy's Union for a Popular Majority (UMP) and its center-right allies will win over 42% of the vote - under France's proportional representation rules, that would give the President and his allies between 410 and 430 of the parliament's 577 seats. Leftist parties led by the Socialists are urging the electorate to give them control of parliament as a hedge against the dramatic reforms promised by Sarkozy, but opinion polls suggest voters are not interested in restraining the hand of their...
...difficult to project or predict the outcome of these efforts. We have recently initiated a series of discussions between hospital-based academic leaders and our basic science chairs. The meetings have been informative and discussions productive. It is essential that they continue. And they ought to extend to more tangible planning efforts with the other schools at Harvard. It is the objective of the newly created Harvard University Committee on Science and Engineering to assess and define various options in this regard. I am pleased to see that the Medical School and the hospitals are well-represented on the committee?...
...begin with, it takes some abandon to pick a topic and stick with it. There is no way to predict what you will find, but it is a reliable rule that if you put in enough time, you will find something. Paul wrote to the Hebrews that belief was “the evidence of things not seen,” and as a researcher in the bowels of Widener, I have quested after as-of-yet-unseen evidence. Call it persistence, hard-headedness, or belief—but some such quality is vital to the early stages of finding...
...With the competition entries ending today, that gives festivalgoers a chance to predict the winners in the following categories: Palme d'Or (the top film), Grand Jury Prize (second place), Jury Prize (third place), Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director (a consolation prize that is usually different from the Palme d'Or winner) and maybe a few more. This being a festival whose number is divisible by five, there'll be a "60th Festival" award for yet another film. In other words, there are up to 10 prizes given out for the 21 films selected for the competition. Theoretically...
...unlike so many others, Barack Obama had the ability to recognize the foolishness of invading Iraq before the war began, and he was willing to stake his political future on defending that belief. He had the foresight to predict in October 2002 that “even a successful war against Iraq [would] require a U.S. occupation of undetermined length, at undetermined cost, with undetermined consequences.” He demonstrated the sincerity and forward thinking that will be crucial to restoring our international credibility...