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...History department is very accessible and provided lots of attention.” Although he says he never explicitly aimed for a Rhodes Scholarship, Butler was aware of the opportunity and looked upon a Rhodes as “always something that was there, something to reach for.” The original Rhodes Scholarship was established in 1902 by Cecil John Rhodes for the purpose of bringing the most promising students in the English-speaking world to study at Oxford. Now, almost one hundred international Rhodes Scholarships are awarded annually. Bermuda is allowed to select one scholar each year...
DENNIS ROSS Former U.S. envoy to the Middle East: Sharon was always governed by what he thought would make Israel strongest and most secure. He once said to me when we were talking about whether it was possible to reach agreement on the issues of Jerusalem, refugees and borders with the Palestinians, "We can't do what they want, and they can't do what we want." Did that mean that nothing would be done? No, because that would not serve Israel's interests. He knew that there...
...foresee the impact on the European countries that feed off the same pipeline and already pay the market price. European Union powers like Germany, Russia’s largest energy importer, and Italy saw their flows reduced by more than a third and, with U.S. backing, pressed Moscow to reach a stabilizing agreement with Ukraine. At a time when thre is reduced oil production in Iraq, and Norway is already pumping oil at full power, there was no excess capacity from which Europe could benefit. Clearly, the pressure was on. Not surprisingly, the involved parties swiftly reached an agreement?...
...University holidays and on memorial days, the church’s bell is still hand-rung by Campbell, who has become an expert over the past 10 years at climbing through the church’s catwalk on narrow beams to reach steep metal staircases and cluttered platforms with large windows. On the highest platform, he climbs a thin metal ladder that finally brings him up to a door that opens onto to a small space high above the Yard...
...Crimson’s first half struggles, however, put the game out of reach before the halftime buzzer even sounded. The intensity of the man-to-man in the final 15 minutes only emphasized further just how permeable the Crimson’s zone was in the first half. The best perimeter team in the Ivies, Dartmouth began the game 4-of-5 from the arc and kept heating up throughout the opening frame. By halftime, the Big Green’s Jeannie Cullen—who was a combined 9-of-18 from three point range in last year?...