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Monro, who arrived at Harvard in 1950 as a College administrator, worked to reform Harvard’s financial aid program and to recruit minorities...
...Land Foundation (HLF) and the Red Crescent. The Bush administration now says HLF supports the terrorist group Hamas by “direct fund transfers,” supporting of schools “encouraging children to become suicide bombers” and enabling it “to recruit suicide bombers by offering support to their families.” But in the end, the organization that benefited from the interfaith fundraiser was not HLF, but rather the non-sectarian Red Crescent, which is a member of the International Red Cross. Yasin has said that the Red Crescent...
...larger and the guest list more exclusive. Some of us play CEOs. We run our extracurriculars like corporations, fueling cutthroat competition and politicking, priming ourselves for the Forbes 500 with a premature sense of self-importance. Some of us play politicians. We hobnob at the Institute of Politics and recruit our friends to manage our bids for the Undergraduate Council, imagining some not so distant future when our names will grace campaign signs instead of problem sets. Still others of us play academics, activists, artisans, the avant-garde. We fashion the world that we inhabit in the image...
...over responsibility and pull out. Without a proper army in place, a return to the kind of chaos that gave rise to the Taliban and the feuding warlords is not out of the question. Says a U.S. military source: "Lawless groups like al Qaeda will again come in, fester, recruit and spread hatred unchecked...
Talk about divine inspiration. Twenty-eight army recruits stood at attention at a swearing-in ceremony on May 6, each holding his weapon - a combination of spear and battle ax called a halberd - and listening intently to the boss' pep talk. "I hope that despite the heaviness of your service you will live this time of mission as a deepening of your faith," he said. Of course, not many armies can boast that their commander is Pope John Paul II, the peace-loving head of the Roman Catholic Church. And in an era of drab, utilitarian uniforms, few recruits start...