Word: rule
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According to Massaquoi, the problems in Sierra Leone stem from the civil war in Liberia. The U.S. government established Liberia by sending previously enslaved blacks there and allowing them to rule...
...According to Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68, the only exceptions to the rule that "Harvard College opportunities must be open to all students able to take advantage of them" are sports teams and choral groups--not internships...
...Congolese leader Mobutu Sese Seko, was split almost instantly by self-interest, greed and ambition. Laurent Kabila, the onetime Congolese rebel installed at the head of the new Congo government, is fighting against three of his ex-allies--Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi--in a desperate war to preserve his rule. The fighting has bled across Congo's border with Angola, and with last week's killings, there is fear it will spread further. Already Africans are starting to place blame. The Hutus who struck in Bwindi aimed their anger at the Americans and British, who they say are plotting...
...Kabila's rule rotted, Kagame lost patience. Kabila, who belongs to the Luba tribe, had begun to look like another Mobutu: paranoid and willing to use ethnic violence to maintain his rule. The idea terrified the Rwandans, who encouraged a faction of the Congolese army to oust Kabila. In response, Kabila recruited thousands of Rwandan Hutu fighters. By last September, the country was in an all-out civil war. Says a U.S. official: "The threat of more genocide is what is behind this...
...HOME RULE The IRS has been picky when it comes to taking deductions for using part of your home as an office. But a change in tax law taking effect this year will allow self-employed people who spend most of their time on the road but do administrative work in their home office--e.g., contractors and salespersons--to take the write-off. The old rule required that you do all work at home. But remember, the home office still must be used exclusively for your job to qualify...