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...line out of Bush World on State of Denial is that it's "nothing new" and "old news" - the standard damage control response I remember hearing again and again from Clinton flacks during times of trouble in those years. "These are just gossipy snapshots of issues that have been covered ad nauseam," says Dan Bartlett, the President's counselor. Bartlett has the unenviable task this weekend of appearing on three Sunday shows to talk down the significance of the Woodward book...
Beginning with Columbus Day on Oct. 9, HUDS will offer brunch on every vacation Monday in lieu of the standard weekday breakfast and lunch schedule. The change—which will take place in all residential dining halls—will feature a schedule identical to that currently offered on Sundays...
...upperclassmen studying abroad. Although the BU students in hotels live farther from campus than other freshmen, they are compensated for the inconvenience with bi-weekly maid service, private bathrooms, and access to an indoor pool. And while the hotels’ luxurious double beds have been replaced with standard dorm issue furniture to simulate the college experience, Holiday Inn resident Stephen Cattall, BU Class of 2010, says “who really cares about furniture when the sauna is only an elevator ride away?” Partly due to high student satisfaction, BU is in no hurry to find...
...marshaled his assistants and parceled out the work and in the process some quotation marks got lost.”But Harvard’s absolution did not silence Ogletree’s critics; indeed, those like Joseph Bottum, the Books and Arts editor at the Weekly Standard, questioned the integrity of Ogletree’s scholarship and methodology. “Ogletree conceived much of the book as a kind of double plagiarism: He set out to put his name on work done by his assistants, who, he knew, were merely rephrasing work written by other people...
...results have been phenomenal. Over the last six years Kazakhstan's GDP growth has averaged 10%, and it hit 9.3% in the first six months of this year. Tax collecting stands at over 95%. Kazakhstan has a BBB positive outlook investment rating from Standard & Poor's. The E.U. and the U.S. have recognized Kazakhstan as a "market economy," and it has a firm chance of joining the World Trade Organization this year...