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...less the scope of each event than their accumulation and potential for transforming the region that seemed so heartening. Yet it was also right to remember that progress in the Middle East invariably moves a few steps forward--then a few steps back. Even as thousands of Lebanese gathered in Beirut's Martyrs' Square on Saturday to call on Syria to end its occupation, thousands of Syrians cheered Assad as he told his parliament that he would make only a partial pullback of Syrian forces. "Bush, Bush, listen. The Syrian people will not bow!" chanted the crowd...
...family law reform, the Family Court recently took steps toward self-improvement. Launched in two Sydney registries a year ago, the pilot Children's Cases Program aims to make cases quicker, cheaper, less formal and less acrimonious. Speed is achieved by skirting the rules of evidence: there's little scope for legal objection or technical argument. Litigants make an opening statement, directly addressing the judge, who - perhaps eschewing the wig and robe - keeps things moving with a word of advice here, a cautionary tale there. "The (eight) judges who've been involved in the CCP all embrace it very enthusiastically...
This is not an experience unique to Cowles. Many freshmen may find themselves frustrated with the narrow scope of visual arts programs the college offers to first years, as well as the lack of publicity for the programs that do exist. Another freshman, Henry J. Foo ’08, e-mailed the VES department looking for information on painting outside of class. He did receive a reply, though not a particularly helpful...
Indubitably dunks unrivaled in scope and depth would be thrown down by eager young scholars searching for a voice all their...
Fighting AIDS and occupying third-world countries are, of course, outside the scope of the Harvard presidency. But Summers has struggled even with the fundamentals of his post. Over the weekend, 90 of 280 polled faculty members told The Crimson they think he should resign...