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...fatalities. The 550 ground troops now leaving the country have spent the past five years overseeing security in the relatively calm Al-Muthanna and Dhi Qar provinces. They've protected reconstruction workers, trained Iraqi police and soldiers, gathered intelligence, fostered amity among local leaders, and promoted democracy and the rule of law. "They trained the local security forces and restored confidence," said the Australia Defence Association's Neil James. "That they were not needed much is more a sign of success than a sign of failure." But public opinion, at first evenly divided on the Iraq mission, turned steadily against...
...making loans to poor people, while an important tool, is hardly a poverty cure-all. Property rights, the rule of law--these things matter too. "You cannot overidealize what microfinance alone can do," says Clara Akerman, president of the microfinance group WWB Colombia. Most outfits started with lending simply because local laws prohibited nonbanks from offering deposit accounts. When people do have the option to save instead of borrow, saving is often what they prefer...
...told you to listen to your teachers; now we'll say that you also have to think for yourself. You've learned the game of baseball, but now the field is 50% bigger and pitchers can be called for balking. It's a subjective application of a subjective rule. Get used...
...battle the fears of McCormick and others, professors passed a measure last spring, requiring students to take at least one class engaged with the past. Harris said he finds this rule unnecessary...
...February server failure cut off e-mail access for thousands of students desperate for contact with the rest of the electronic world. Occasional breakdowns, however, are not the greatest problems that plague the FAS e-mail system. As Undergraduate Council (UC) legislation in January sought to address, a troubling rule in the Student Handbook permits the Ad Board to look at students’ e-mails for disciplinary purposes—a clear violation of even a basic student right to privacy. This year also saw mounting pressure for FAS to outsource the provision of its antiquated e-mail services...