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...limited pool of minority candidates from which to choose House Masters.Robinson and Sullivan emphasized the “honor” of the selection.“We are humbled and happy that we have been selected at a time that seemingly breaks a barrier on the side of race,” Robinson said. Stating that race is still a pervasive “issue” in the country and in higher education, Robinson added, “I don’t think Harvard would be left behind—it’s a leader...
...Harvard sailing team took to the water again this weekend for the second time in its spring season. While both teams were originally scheduled to compete in separate Maryland-based events this weekend, only the women’s team made the trip to the Old Line State to race in the Navy Women’s Intersectional in Annapolis.The co-ed team passed up on the St. Mary’s Team Race Intersectional in St. Mary’s City and instead stayed close to home to compete in practice team racing against some very talented alumni...
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has reason to smile: his opponents in this June's presidential election appear to be in some disarray. Former President Mohammed Khatami withdrew from the race late Monday, declaring his support for former Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Moussavi. The news reflects the confusion in the anti-Ahmadinejad camp that began last week when Moussavi threw his hat in the ring. The reluctant Khatami had previously agreed to stand only after exhaustive negotiations with Moussavi had failed to convince the former Prime Minister to run against Ahmadinejad...
...intention to run last week, some longtime reformist commentators expressed skepticism about his intentions. But Khatami had long made clear that he would run only as the consensus candidate of the anti-Ahmadinejad forces, and even then, reluctantly. He appears to have taken Moussavi's entry into the race as a cue to bow out and declare his support for the former Prime Minister. (See pictures of the legacy of Iran's revolution...
...Still, Khatami's supporters had tried desperately to persuade their man to stay in the race rather than concede to Moussavi, who has more centrist supporters and has fewer opponents among the fundamentalists who dominate Iran's political system; while all the newspapers associated with Khatami's original reform movement have been closed down, for example, Moussavi was recently given permission to start a paper...