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...past, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has been a reluctant U.S. partner. The FBI complains that Yemeni authorities cooperated only "grudgingly and slowly," as one official puts it, with the investigation of the 2000 bombing of the U.S.S. Cole in Aden. Since Sept. 11, Saleh, looking to strengthen his rule and reap economic aid by cooperating, has apparently had a change of heart. Still, there is a risk the presence of U.S. forces will provoke extremists in Yemen to new terrorist acts...
...allowed those conniving Major League bigshots, John Henry et al., to step in and make the purchase. Perhaps you were so wrapped up in drafting your installation speech, Larry, that you just forgot. Or maybe you weren’t convinced of my comprehensive plan to destroy the PSLM, strengthen undergraduate education and fill up empty Allston acres with a new Fenway Park...
Summers has primarily described his vision for Silicon Valley as an effort to strengthen Harvard’s contribution to bioscience...
...would very much like to speed and strengthen collaboration without waiting for a master plan [for Allston],” Hyman says...
...have access to over a million dollars in summer and academic year research opportunities, and to unlimited career options following graduation. Most of all, Harvard’s long tradition of providing need-blind admissions and need-based financial aid for all students, coupled with the recent initiatives to strengthen the scholarship program, have resulted in a student body that is unparalleled in its excellence...