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...changes to the calendar, which could be implemented with or without the J-term, would mean 62 days of class for each semester, five to eight days of reading period and an eight-day exam period, according to a report issued last spring by the University committee on calendar reform chaired by Pforzheimer University Professor Sidney Verba ’53. Were a J-term to be adopted, there may still be an intercession...
...struggle isn't over - and Yushchenko knows his life expectancy may be diminished - but he has reason for optimism. He is feeling better, and the electoral reforms met his key demand: reducing the number of absentee ballots from 4% to 0.5% of the electorate, overhauling the Central Electoral Commission, and firing its disgraced chair. The opposition agreed that the President would no longer have the power to appoint his Cabinet, though he retains the right to nominate such key posts as Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and Defense Minister. Few doubt that Yushchenko will have the votes to prevail...
...result means a continuation of legislative gridlock. The priority items on Chen's agenda?besides constitutional reform, an $18 billion package to purchase arms from the U.S.?look likely to remain stalled. For Beijing, that's welcome news...
...colleagues at Harvard reflected upon her 10 years within the administration as one marked by significant expansion and reform...
...bring people together whether they like it or not and we tackle complex problems—not with band-aid solutions, but with major reform and real change,” he said...