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...deal with inflation and soaring food costs that are making life miserable for the rural poor and urban working classes. Now, experts warn, is not the time to be settling personal vendettas or consolidating power. "Bangladeshis, including me, hope that the [two begums] think with a larger vision, and strengthen institutions," says Riaz. "Then both should have a graceful exit from politics...
...current administration of President Alvaro Colom has focused its first year on social programs aimed at reducing poverty, while security issues have taken a back seat. However, analysts say Colom has taken steps in recent months to clean up and strengthen security forces and the justice system. Rember Larios, adjunct director of the national civil police, says the force was committed to facing the drug threat. "Our hand will not tremble," says Larios, noting that police were carrying out searches for traffickers and evidence in provinces with heavy narco presence. McFarland says the Guatemalan government's expanded budget for security...
...words of Tim Gunn, the student body must “make it work” in order to achieve this aim. The UC must reaffirm its mission to advance student interaction and inter-community learning by maximizing the net benefit of event funding. The UC must strengthen its relationships with other grant-giving bodies, such as the Harvard Foundation, Office for the Arts, and Phillips Brooks House Association to ease student access to Harvard’s many resources. Finally, the UC must prioritize clear communication and simplify avenues for grassroots student input to better inform sensible, productive change...
Improving ties with an African university would have multiple benefits for Harvard as well: more fruitful interactions with African faculty, additional research and policy opportunities, and a more diverse dialogue through the mutual exchange of people and ideas. Like much of American foreign aid, this class gift would actually strengthen Harvard almost as much as it would the designated African university...
...training crucial in accelerating his recuperation.“I’m personally sure that he worked harder this summer than anyone on the entire team,” said roommate and senior guard Drew Housman. Of all the work that Groszyk committed throughout the summer to strengthen his cardio endurance, gain muscle weight, and put back together his basketball game, the most difficult part for him was redeveloping his feel for the game.“The hardest part for me has been getting my rhythm back,” Groszyk said. “Shooting, passing, there?...