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...Prior to the creation of SEAS, engineering concentrators studied within the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, which Computer Science professor and former Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 describes as “halfway between a department and a school...
...Foreign Minister are entities which have been created by the political élite of the E.U. and agreed to by Europe's governments, and are virtually irrelevant. The Lisbon Treaty was approved by E.U. heads of state, with only a small number of states holding a democratic referendum prior to signing up to the treaty. Like most countries, the British government did not hold a referendum, and the government signed up to the treaty on our behalf. Little wonder then that many Europeans remain uninterested in these new positions, and that senior politicians in European countries have not put themselves...
Houghton added that prior to the creation of the work team, Allston residents only had access to community relations officials, an approach he called “ineffective and shortsighted...
...where was their outrage about threats to kill Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) only three weeks prior? Bunning was menaced for filibustering against $13 billion in deficit spending to expand unemployment benefits. And how about House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA), who opposed the health-care bill? When a bullet was fired into his office window, Cantor reported it to the police—not the media—to avoid inciting violence...
...help reduce foreclosures, it does nothing to stimulate demand for homes. "Stabilizing housing involves two parts. First is to raise the demand so that it eats into inventory. Second is to reduce supply, which means lessening foreclosures. This plan addresses the second. I hope it works better than prior foreclosure-mitigation plans...