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...getting the Shi'ite-dominated Iraqi government to display the same evenhandedness has been a challenge. In the West Wing on Monday, President Bush and Vice President Cheney spoke with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki via video conference. Gesturing from a large flat panel screen in the cramped Situation Room, al-Maliki assured Bush and Cheney he was committed to implementing the most recent security plan for Iraq in an "evenhanded manner," according to the White House. That was exactly what Bush and Cheney wanted to hear...
...Maya and the Zapotecs. It's easy to see why in Santa Cruz, where farmers still till the soil with oxen and wooden plows. But about five years ago, villagers like Olivia Mendoza, Bautista's aunt, decided to invest remittances in something more productive than pickup trucks and wide-screen TVs. "It was time to use that treasure to find ways to bring our families back together," says Mendoza, 40. With help from the Association of Mexican Social Sector Credit Unions (AMUCSS), they pooled $170,000 and set up Xu Nuu Ndavi. One of its first business-starter loans, about...
...Lackner picks up third personal foul on a moving screen. The Crimson will lose a strong defender and rebounding presence for much of the half...
Remember the Leonardo DiCaprio and Al Gore global-warming pitch at the Academy Awards? Before they spoke, the screen at the back of the stage flashed not-so-subliminal messages about how to save the planet. My personal favorite was "Ride mass transit." This to a conclave of Hollywood plutocrats who have not seen the inside of a subway since the moon landing and for whom mass transit means a stretch limo seating no fewer than...
...following the debut of a new search extension for the Firefox browser. Starting today, the new Web site, hcl.harvard.edu/mobile, displays a list of currently open libraries in the Harvard College Library system as well as their regular hours. The page is formatted to be readable on the small screen of a mobile device. Another recent piece of software gadgetry is the Harvard LibX extension for Firefox. LibX integrates search functions for the Harvard University Library directly into the Firefox software. Under a pilot program launched late last month, a user can right-click on selected text...