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...have been hit. The government insists that it is doing everything possible to protect civilians and blames the LTTE for using civilians as human shields. But international observers are worried. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued a joint statement Feb. 3 with the British Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, expressing "serious concern about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in northern Sri Lanka" and calling on both sides to allow civilians to leave the front lines...
...latest piece of their rescue plan: the 2010 federal budget. Having just squeezed through Congress what may be the largest spending bill in history, the President now needed to do something that would make the stimulus fight look easy: show the country and the world that he was as serious about preventing waste as he was about promoting growth. Only a lean federal budget would restore consumer confidence, keep congressional spending hawks in line and reassure wary foreigners so they would keep lending America the money it needs to climb out of this deep, dark hole...
...other students have been unable to find such ready alternatives. Steven C. Rizoli ’11 had made preliminary arrangements for a summer job in England and now planned to apply for a grant through the Weissman International Internship Program. “I’m a serious Anglophile,” Rizoli said. “I’m really considering working or living in England for a time after graduation.” —Staff writer Courtney P. Yadoo can be reached at cyadoo@fas.harvard.edu...
...look into include the Village of Greene and the Town of Triangle. A little known fact: the Finger Lakes were originally settled by representatives from Playskool. Friday the 13th saw a substantial loss for the Crimson at the hands of the Big Red.For us, it also meant a serious loss of faith in the quality of Cornell fandom. When it came to the student body’s support of their dominant team, it was quantity over quality.The best cheers and jeers the “Red Zone” could muster...
...faux drama about bipartisanship played well for the president. A healthy 61 percent of Americans blame Republicans for the lack of bipartisanship, while a still greater majority, 66 percent, continues to believe that Obama is bringing “a new approach.” With no serious concessions on principle, Obama is now being given credit for having walked the walk of his post-partisan talk, and his failure to achieve it thus far is being blamed on the other guys. He has no reason to abandon the approach he has taken. His effort to lay the groundwork...