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...Liberals need to shake the taint of corruption after a two-year sponsorship scandal, in which hundreds of thousands of dollars were funneled into Liberal-friendly Quebec advertising agencies in an elaborate kickback scheme in the late 1990s. Four top leadership candidates each say they are perfect for the job of reinvigorating the party and have spent eight months wooing Liberal delegates who will be casting ballots. But the campaign is ending with a contest so close no one can predict the outcome of the final vote, which will take place Saturday...
...dance through my head. “It’s terrible.” But the truth is, as much as I feel spoiled by Harvard’s housing and dining system—and as unusual I recognize it to be in the greater scheme of college life—I also think that the onus is on students to take their own initiative in preparing themselves for life in the “real world,” without relying on Harvard’s impetus. And although at times I feel shamefully pampered by Harvard?...
...previous albums. It lacks the ferocity that he showed in previous standout tracks like “Threats” or “Renegade.” But the slower pace has enabled him to more fully display his masterful lyrical technique, making each intricate rhyme scheme and well-placed allusion perfectly audible...
...park. They had already completed a housing project in Gifu, Japan. And on Dec. 7 their first major building in the U.S., the new home of Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), will open on a prominent waterfront site as the first segment of the city's grand scheme to redevelop Boston Harbor...
...their morning alms route; in July a primary school teacher was shot dead in front of his pupils. While Buddhist police and soldiers are still the prime targets, these days the militants are killing just as many Muslim civilians. Anyone who joins the government's Thaksin-era job-creation scheme?like Ma-ae's cousin, shot dead by militants in October?is seen as a possible collaborator. Village chiefs, who are state employees, are routinely murdered. Afterwards, their positions either remain vacant or are often filled by militant sympathizers, forming what a local community worker (who requests anonymity) calls...