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Skeptics of the termbill fee insist that the College should not entangle itself with social action, or short of that, they argue that the termbill is an inappropriate place to do it. We disagree. There is no compelling reason why the term bill cannot not be used. The strongest argument against using the termbill is that it would force students into supporting something with which they did not agree. However, because of the overwhelming majority that supported the referendum and the fact that it will be optional, anti-democratic concerns seem to be of little merit...
...lucky mix of geography and plate tectonics explains Burma's good fortune. The earthquake that created the tsunami occurred along a north-south fault line near Sumatra, sending the strongest waves to the east and west. According to computer models done by scientists at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii, the waves that struck Burma, which lies mostly north of the fault, were much weaker than those that hit Thailand and Sri Lanka. "If the fault line had been running east-west, there could have been considerably more damage to Burma," says Jason Ali, a geoscientist at the University...
...people who lose the use of their limbs to a devastating accident tend to bounce back, though perhaps not all the way to their base line. One study found that a week after the accident, the injured were severely angry and anxious, but after eight weeks "happiness was their strongest emotion," says Diener. Psychologists call this adjustment to new circumstances adaptation. "Everyone is surprised by how happy paraplegics can be," says Kahneman. "The reason is that they are not paraplegic full time. They do other things. They enjoy their meals, their friends. They read the news...
...considerably less desirable (from Washington's point of view) than a trusted friend such as Allawi. The national assembly that will be chosen in January's vote will elect a new interim government, before getting down to the task of drafting a new constitution within nine months. And the strongest electoral slate right now looks to be the United Iraqi Alliance, a coalition of Shiite religious parties and independents assembled under the discreet auspices of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani (who has also declared voting a religious duty for Iraq's Muslim faithful). While some leaders of that slate sought this...
...Many doubted Musharraf's intention from the start. The military is Pakistan's strongest institution and a new army Chief of Staff could be a serious rival for power. The group of legislators, from an Islamic coalition, howled about Musharraf's about-face, but in November, Parliament practically begged him to stay in fatigues by passing a bill allowing him to hold two offices?a tricky constitutional maneuver in Pakistan. Plenty of Pakistanis agree that Musharraf might be necessary at a time of domestic extremism and ongoing peace talks with India. (Staunch ally Washington certainly does.) "Pakistan has never seen...