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There is another, more personal challenge facing Olmert. He and Netanyahu, along with Dan Meridor and Benjamin Begin, were once called the four princes of Likud--and of them, Olmert was regarded as the least likely to succeed, a smart inside operator but a politician, not a statesman. He will have to perform in the spotlight now, and inside players tend to wilt when shoved onto center stage. Netanyahu has become Israel's Richard Nixon--his negatives are stratospheric, but he is a tough competitor, a plausible Prime Minister. Olmert will have another opponent as well: the memory of Ariel...
...said. “I’d also like to have at least one participant from each house...so each house will have an expert.” Assistant Dean of the College Paul J. McLoughlin wrote in an e-mail that he expects the DAPA program to succeed. “Ryan’s plans to include alcohol and drug peer counselors as a part of his effort to educate students will prove effective in the year ahead,” he wrote. “I am eager to see how [Travia?...
...media. The girls’ father, Christopher Murphy, happens to be a friend of Reilly’s who donated $300 to his gubernatorial campaign in June. Conte did as the attorney general suggested, and more. Saying that he did not believe a criminal case against Berberian could succeed, he refused to even release the toxicology reports privately to the Northborough police, who subsequently dropped their investigation.Reilly maintains that he acted only in the best interests of a family that has endured a horrible experience, and that he never asked Conte to drop the case entirely. But this defense...
...this category of course, I know that it will take a great deal of resources—faculty and financial—in order to give people the time and support that it takes to make great courses to succeed,” Kirby said. “This doesn’t surprise me or worry me in the least and I would much rather make sure that we do succeed in this effort than to shortchange the creativity of the Faculty....Being excellent is not cheap...
Meanwhile, there are efforts within the government to identify leakers. The Justice Department is investigating who gave away the NSA secrets. While such probes rarely succeed, the department's new willingness to subpoen a reporters and their records could change that. And the CIA has a group of mostly retired officers on contract to read news stories that contain classified material and try to uncover their sources. This may be the toughest spook work. Over the years, the unit, nicknamed "the leak chasers" by some agency hands, has been able to finger only a few talkers...