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...Reid and Republican minority leader Mitch McConnell both warned that talks may go through the weekend to reach a new agreement. One plan to ease final passage would be to allow two substitute bills, one Democratic and one Republican - cosmetic votes that would fail from the get-go but would give senators the chance to vote for certain provisions near and dear to their hearts that are not in the compromise package. Democrats, scrambling late Wednesday to find a way to get a bill passed, were also considering allowing votes on amendments. "We're trying to see if there...
...aftermath of the Mumbai attacks, the greatest challenge lies in convincing India and Pakistan that they need to abandon some of their long-held positions in order to reach a resolution over Kashmir. The road from Srinagar to Muzaffarabad may be open, but the obstacles along the way seem bigger than ever...
...recently announced gift of $100 million from David Rockefeller ’36 indicates that 2008 will be another banner year in terms of alumni donations. If the current trend in giving persists, and presuming the economy recovers in the next few years, Harvard’s endowment could reach a whopping $80 billion within a decade...
...planning a private dinner, Mackenzie B. Smith ’09 was grateful for having an attractive option when she needed to reach people online, “especially on campus where everyone is on blackberries all the time,” she says...
...Smith’s targets for reductions came only a few days after officials at Harvard Medical School confirmed that they were taking similar action, asking departments to plan for 10 percent decreases in their budgets, but acknowledging that actual cuts were unlikely to reach those levels...