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...troops out of Iraq. He set up a government that has as many women ministers as men, and alternates them down the hierarchy, causing some to dub it la cremallera (the zipper). He canned the previous government's pharaonic €4 billion plan to divert water from the Ebro River in the north to drier regions further south, proposing a more modest desalinization program instead. He increased the minimum wage, pledged to do the same for pensions, and launched an unprecedented war against the dark side of Spanish machismo, stiffening laws against domestic violence and proposing the legalization...
...Sudan's long Islamic history. The exhibition ends with a reminder that more of Sudan's rich heritage will soon be lost. A dam to be built near the fourth cataract of the Nile will inundate a 170-km strip of land on either side of the river. That's good news for crocodiles, bad news for archaeologists...
Lincoln is quick to point out that the Bowen who was the co-author of the Game of Life would disagree with that stance. The Bowen who was the co-author of an earlier work The Shape of the River, which dealt with minority admissions, would have praised Lincoln’s conclusion wholeheartedly. And Lincoln pounces on this apparent hypocrisy...
...long overdue MAC renovations are a serious step in the right direction; however, until we move all varsity sports to adequate facilities over the River, the MAC will remain a sub par facility for students,” Undergraduate Council president Matthew W. Mahan ’05 wrote in an e-mail. “Contrary to popular belief, there is actually enough space in the MAC—the problem is that a lot of it is occupied by coaches’ offices and varsity practice space, which is something that Allston planning must address...
...We’d have to find alternative space for the three intercollegiate sports in the building now—fencing, wrestling and volleyball—and it’s hard to commit to housing woes across the river now before an overall plan is developed,” he said...