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...right flank at home. When George W. Bush wanted to sell the Iraq war, he trotted out Colin Powell--because Powell was nobody's idea of a hawk. Now Obama may be preparing to do the reverse. To give himself cover for a withdrawal from Iraq and a diplomatic push with Iran, he's surrounding himself with people like Gates, Clinton and Jones, who can't be lampooned as doves...
...Bangkok The 'Final Push...
Thousands of protesters swarmed Thailand's parliament Nov. 24, disrupting a legislative session and calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat. The demonstrators, who call themselves the People's Alliance for Democracy, surrounded government buildings, cut electrical lines and declared the rally to be the "final push" of their six-month campaign to oust the ruling party. The protests came at the same time as an announcement that Thailand's economy, which has been badly hit by the global financial crisis, is in even worse shape than had previously been predicted...
...Zagorsky ’12 presented the “Freshman Brain Break Act.” Zagorsky tracked the times freshmen attended brain break and presented the data to the council. The act recommends that the Freshman Dean’s Office and the Annenberg Dining Hall manager push back brain break 30 minutes so that it starts and begins at 9:15 p.m. The act passed...
...extreme by the right. Although it’s difficult to realize a world with stateless globetrotters and no borders—such a romantic place will probably never exist—it is in both the moral and economic interest of individuals in developed and developing countries to push for much higher rates of immigration between states. The movement for human mobility has received ardent support from Harvard Kennedy School professor Lant Pritchett, who co-taught Economics 1400, “The Contents of Globalization,” with University professor Lawrence Summers last spring. Professor Pritchett...