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...retain a significant reading period with exams before Christmas, classes would need to start the last week of August or earlier, and reading period would likely still conflict with a vacation—Thanksgiving break...
...knees, pulling out his buzzing Blackberry every few moments. (His campaign staff is threatening to take it away from him.) He is clearly at ease with some domestic policy issues--dissecting the Bush tax cut, for instance, and citing a string of figures to explain why he wants to retain the breaks for the middle class while eliminating the ones for high-income Americans. On other subjects--health care and education, for example--his positions have not yet congealed, though he promises they will soon. And he has a depth of knowledge that can surprise people. When asked about forestry...
...Musharraf's struggle to reform Pakistan's powerful internal-security apparatus, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), once the Taliban's No. 1 ally. These days, says a Western diplomat in Islamabad, the ISI's top brass carries out Musharraf's bidding, but some of the lower-echelon officers seem to retain ties--ideological and financial--with their former Taliban proteges. Says this diplomat: "At some level, these guys see the Taliban as an insurance policy for what happens next in Afghanistan...
...John Wells, who usually lends his talent to more substantial fare (E.R., The West Wing). "John has thrown his full creative weight behind this," says Mitch Metcalf, NBC's senior vice president of program scheduling. He insists the mini-movies are more about innovative programming than trying to retain viewers: "They're pure entertainment." What does that make Coupling? --By Jeanne McDowell
...including the loss of Perkins loans, work-study funds and government research grants. Certainly, Harvard cannot afford to forgo millions of dollars in federal funding, but challenging the amendment would not result in a loss of funding. HLS could continue to allow military recruiters on campus, and retain its funding, while fighting the law in court. Barring the military from access to law school career service centers will not hamper the U.S. military’s ability to protect our country. The University offers no compelling explanation for Harvard’s reluctance...