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...anticipation of the 4 p.m. press conference. Gazing down on the proceedings are important figures in Radcliffe's history including a painting of LeBaron Russell Briggs, who was the second president of Radcliffe College from 1903 to 1925, and Helen Keller, who graduated from Radcliffe College in 1904. A spokesperson announces that Bok, Houghton, and Susan L. Graham '64, the president of the Board of Overseers will be appearing on stage with Faust...
...resistant to American power, the challenges for Rice are as daunting as they have been for any Secretary of State in the past three decades. After six years of tussling with others on Bush's national-security team, Rice has seen off her rivals and emerged as the principal spokesperson for Bush's foreign policy. Her reward has been to inherit responsibility for selling a failed policy in Iraq and salvaging a legacy for Bush at a time when few in the world are in the mood to help her. "Bush is severely weakened and has very little credibility...
...departure--"a mutual agreement between him and the board," according to a Gap spokesperson--marks a low point in the history of a brand that not so long ago epitomized smart, affordable fashion. Named for "the gap in the market it hoped to fill," the Gap had something for everyone. You got your khakis there; your grandmother got her cardigans; Sharon Stone got her outfit for the Oscars. So what went wrong...
...proposed troop increase in the war. Today incoming Judiciary chairman Patrick Leahy held hearings on what he says are executive branch infringements on Americans' privacy. And on Thursday Leahy will have attorney general Alberto Gonzales appear before his panel for a wide-ranging oversight hearing, which the committee's spokesperson says will dig into the civil liberties issues Democrats raised in the campaign...
...Lisa Peterson, a spokesperson for the American Kennel Club, considers the Albuquerque ordinance draconian, but acknowledges it is part of a nationwide trend. Ordinances similar to Albuquerque's have been passed or are being considered by 138 local communities, along with many states. She is concerned that the new laws punish responsible pet owners and breeders, and could even jeopardize the existence of some breeds. In Denver, for example, pitbulls are outlawed completely. This has forced owners to flee the city or go underground, where they keep their dogs behind closed shades and take them out only under the cloak...