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Morocco's King Hassan II was somber as he stared across the octagonal conference room of his palace in Casablanca last week. In almost the same breath in which he declared open a summit meeting of the 21-member League of Arab States, the monarch deplored "the existence of vacant seats" at the first such gathering in three years. The brocaded chairs intended for Syria, Lebanon, South Yemen, Algeria and Libya were empty. Of the remainder, only eight were filled by heads of state. Most notably absent was Saudi Arabia's King Fahd, who was represented by Crown Prince Abdullah...
...just completely over the top," says Stephen Lewis, a former MSNBC producer involved in Coulter's hiring--and firing. The network dismissed her at least twice: first in February 1997, after she insulted the late Pamela Harriman, the U.S. Ambassador to France, even as the network was covering her somber memorial service. Coulter said Harriman was one of those women who "used men to work their way up" and suggested "Sharon Stone or Madonna" as her replacement. Even so, the network missed Coulter's jousting and quickly rehired...
...Chapel, before it was moved across to St. Peter's Basilica - John Paul II will have his final resting place in the crypt below. As the line moved very slowly up the staircase to the third floor, and then as we moved through the Chapel, the atmosphere was very somber. The rosary was being recited as we moved slowly past the pontiff's body, and I was struck by the presence of Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz, the pope's private secretary and the closest thing he had to family, who stood nearby, arms crossed, maintaining an intense vigil. I also...
...willpower required to get you there, then you must have your ID in hand and your mind geared to working, or at best, not to sleeping—but exiting is a downright harrowing, time-consuming experience. Before you are allowed to return to the lively world outside the somber library, the book-checkers force you to open each pocket of your (often multi-pocketed) bag to look for library materials. The recent announcement of a pilot program to keep Lamont open 24 hours a day shows that the Harvard College Library (HCL) system is attempting to serve student needs...
First, they used targeted tactics. Collins and Bhatnagar were persistent in meeting with every important insider who would listen to them. Mahan and Terry chose a tactic that guaranteed that every Senior would consider their cause. Adjah and the BSA organized a protest that sent a clear and somber message...