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...European court ruling a sign that the E.U. is about to unleash the MEK on the mullahs? Hardly. The ruling of the Court of the First Instance, the second-highest court overseeing the laws of the European Union, was largely procedural. It found that when the E.U. put the MEK on its list of terrorist organizations in 2002, it should have informed the organization about the basis for that action. The court acknowledged that the European Union is not obliged to inform a possible terrorist organization before its assets are frozen - "It must be able to benefit from a surprise...
Yale, at 50.3 percent, had the second-highest proportion of non-tenured faculty among the Ivy League universities, while the University of Pennsylvania boasted the lowest proportion, at only 16.1 percent...
...announcement this fall. This year’s numbers continue a trend apparent in Princeton’s early application numbers for the last few years. Last year, the university received 2,230 early applications for the class of 2010. At the time, it was the second-highest number of early applications ever received by the university, and it marked a 9% increase from the previous year. Harvard admissions officers did not return requests for Harvard’s early application numbers. Last year, the early application numbers were released...
...number of House representatives to two from three. “It’s not just the seat reduction that has made this more competitive,” said Milder, who is running as an incumbent in the Dunster House race. “This is also the second-highest total number of candidates behind 2003.” Although it is not unusual to have far more freshmen than upperclassmen run in the UC race, the number of first-year candidates has doubled from last year, as the number of seats has been reduced from...
...Even at a school of overachievers, Perez's friends and teachers say that she stood out. She held the second-highest rank in her senior class, and, as Brigade Command Sergeant Major, was the highest-ranking minority woman in the history of West Point. She set school records as a sprinter on the track team, led the school's gospel choir, tutored a number of other students and even helped start a dance squad to cheer on the football and basketball teams. Professors wanted her to be in their classes, soldiers wanted her to lead their cadets, underclassmen wanted...