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...memoir begins with Rowan's early days in Shanghai as a recruit for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, helping its Nationalist-run counterpart shepherd U.S. aid shipments through China's countryside amid the chaos that followed World War II. The 26-year-old finds himself in what he calls "the kingdom of squeeze," where truckloads of rations, clothing and military supplies often fall prey to Nationalist strongmen who are as intent on lining their own pockets as on preventing the country from slipping into Communist control. Stationed in Shanghai and then Kaifeng, Rowan develops both a sympathy...
...marginalize the radicals' message. Furthermore, they must seek to resolve existing and emerging regional conflicts, such as those in southern Philippines and southern Thailand. So long as such conflicts persist, with the perception that Muslims are suffering persecution, existing and new radical groups will find it easy to recruit members. For the governments of Southeast Asia, there is no agenda item so important as finding a healing balm for long-festering sores in the region. If that is not done, the threat of terrorism in Southeast Asia?directed at local and Western targets?will continue to darken the next four...
...Herms admitted his intention in coming to The Game was not only to catch a glimpse of the Harvard-Yale rivalry and attend the tailgate, but also to recruit fresh-faced Elis for his group...
...five months, Professor of Anthropology Steven C. Caton has served as the director of Harvard’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES), founded in 1954 to promote the study of the Middle East on campus. Since then he has worked with departments to recruit specialists in Middle Eastern studies and drafted several grant proposals for faculty interested in the field...
...year-old Law School policy requires employers who recruit on campus to sign a pledge that they will not discriminate against employees based on sexual orientation. The military—which requires the discharge of openly gay servicemembers under the “don’t ask, don’t tell” protocol—refused to sign the Law School’s pledge. Faced with the threat of losing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal research grants, the Law School modified its nondiscrimination policy in 2002, allowing the military to recruit on campus...