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...will take over as Premier.) Hu also lost the services of the formidable Vice Premier Wu Yi, who fronts China's critical trade negotiations. Wu, 68, was forced to step down because of the same informal retirement age of 68 that was used by Hu and his supporters to rid themselves of several other entrenched rivals...
...Head Pub is making small steps in the right direction, having hosted Beer School and Oktoberfest in the past two weeks. Still, there is much more work to be done—far from abandoning its focus on beer, the Pub needs to redouble its energies and rid itself of its last bad beers and “malternatives...
...well know, the elephant in the room was rather large. The recent controversy over the College ordering the UC to get rid of party grants was on every student’s mind as Petersen, having changed his characteristically tight jeans to slacks, walked up to the podium. The problem with this elephant (besides how it got in this room to begin with) is not whether we are allowed party grants or not. Instead, the problem is the way the College approached us before publicly announced its decision: it didn?...
...students, and other universities should follow suit. That being said, Harvard’s ultimate goal should be to eliminate student loans altogether, as Princeton has. Nevertheless, Tufts’ program is a step in the right direction, especially for universities that may not be able to afford getting rid of loans but which can afford to target those students who stand to benefit the most from loan repayment...
That mistrust provides fertile ground for the Kaczynski brothers' conspiracy-minded brand of politics. Founded in 2001, PIS promised to rid Poland of what it calls the uklad, a supposed cabal of former communist officials and businessmen who they claim have controlled the country since 1989. Radek Sikorski, a former PIS member and Defense Minister, says the Kaczynskis were elected in 2005 because "they reflected the public mood of disgust with the previous regime." They are clearly at pains to project a simple, clean-living image. Jaroslaw, the Prime Minister, lives with his mother and a cat and does...