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...third path is suggested by Marina Ottaway of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: a snap election to create an interim parliament. "The candidates would run on national lists and be elected by proportional representation. The likely result would be a coalition government, which would then have three years to write a constitution and create a permanent government.? The risks of such a scheme are obvious: radicals tend to do best in premature elections, and a large, continuing American military presence and real humanitarian and financial support from the U.N. would still be required. The advantage would be an elected...
...Goldenberg notes, the corridor of warm water that lies between the Cape Verde Islands and Central America has been producing, on average, nearly four big storms a year, as compared with fewer than two in the preceding three decades. And that has caused him and others to snap to attention. Unlike the Pacific and Indian oceans, notes Colorado State University meteorologist William Gray, "the Atlantic is a marginal area for tropical storms. When global conditions are not right, it sees very few, and when they are, it sees quite...
Johnson’s performance was nearly flawless in his first varsity game—with not one bad snap and only minor missed blocking assignments...
...biggest change, besides obviously having to snap the ball, is having to call out the plays,” Johnson said. “I had to go from just listening, as I would at guard, to reading the defense and making correct calls...
...Bravo television’s sleeper hit of the summer, “Queer Eye For The Straight Guy,” with a snap of their meticulously groomed fingers, stylish gay men usher clueless straight guys into a whole new universe of hygiene and hip-huggers. Alas, contrary to what the superhero squad of gay transformers on TV might have you believe, not every gay man is endowed with flawless fashion sense. William L. Aronson ’04, a music concentrator in Winthrop House, is the straightest gay man you’ll ever meet. He may have...