Word: stints
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...Success is possible," said U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad, referring to America's operations in Iraq during his valedictory press conference in Baghdad's Green Zone. His 21-month stint over, the Afghan-born Khalilzad is now headed for his next assignment: chief of the U.S. delegation to the United Nations. Smiling in front of reporters in a navy suit and fine, light-blue silk tie, he looked like a man refreshed rather than a diplomat with precious few victories to point...
Wade used to claim he treated Seck, his Prime Minister from September 2002 to April 2004, "like a son." The younger man was widely seen as Wade's heir apparent. The breakdown in their relationship - culminating in Seck's seven-month stint behind bars on corruption charges Seck says were trumped up and which were later dismissed by judges - was widely seen as a power struggle between two ambitious politicians. But it also hinted at a generation shift in Senegalese society, repeated throughout much of Africa, where an increasingly restive youth are demanding representation and rights that older, less politicized...
...returned to power. The leftist Socialist Party held sway for 40 years. That rule was broken in 2000 by Wade's liberal Senegalese Democratic Party (pds). Although back in power, it's by no means clear that the pds should look forward to repeating its predecessor's four-decade stint. Despite solid economic growth - 5% on average - during Wade's first term, most people interviewed in the streets say they have yet to feel the trickle-down benefits. Unemployment among young men remains stubbornly high at over 50%, with many complaining that Wade's signature big infrastructure projects...
...Thursday, a couple of Poonsters were treated to special guest musicians Ratatat, who popped by the castle after a stint at Tufts—because hanging out with bitter Ivy rejects was clearly not an option. Saturday, the Castle lit up with Irish good cheer and a Boston College football player, only to be shut down at four in the morning by campus police threatening “the castle is surrounded.” Now there’s something you don’t hear everyday...Friday saw the advent of every Harvard student’s dream?...
...elections, upending the classic right-left battle between frontrunners Nicolas Sarkozy and Sgolne Royal. No one is quite sure what he'll do if he wins, but that hasn't dimmed his appeal, at least not yet. He spoke to TIME's James Graff during a campaign stint in Normandy...