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...succeed, he must mediate between an Aceh not yet prepared to trust its old oppressors-the central government and the military-and a Jakarta still unconvinced of the new governor's loyalty to the nation. (At his inauguration inside the parliament building in Banda Aceh, Irwandi stood politely as the Indonesian anthem played, while Acehnese watching via screens outside jeered.) In return for G.A.M. abandoning its claim for independence, Jakarta has promised Aceh greater autonomy over its own affairs. But Irwandi must still win over a local legislature packed with pro-Jakarta nationalists and reform a dysfunctional bureaucracy which, with...
...having broken our season into small parts,” Sifers said. “We’re trying to take it one game at a time, and each game is just as important as the next.”When asked what Harvard needed to do to succeed this weekend, both Chu and Sifers stressed the importance of the team focusing on its own play instead of the play of its opponent.“We’re trying to focus on our own hockey,” Chu said.If the Crimson’s first matchups...
...maybe there's the slight possibility that he won't become a punch line. That there's something so truthful about him, it's plausible he can succeed at even this impossible task. If he can go from being famous for making his butt talk to being famous for being a Jimmy Stewart nice guy to perhaps getting people to believe him as a threatening sex symbol in The Number 23, then maybe he can be a guru. "It's not any of that that people have liked about me," he says of his humor and characters...
...great-looking building, but it’s just too big for the site you’re looking to build it on,” said Allston resident Paul Alford. But another resident, Tim McHale, said that for Harvard’s expansion into Allston to succeed, individuals on both sides need to keep an open mind. “We have to look out for each other,” he said. “We want you to succeed because your success is our success, and I think our success is your success...
...generation that reshapes our economy to compete in the digital age. Let's set high standards for our schools and give them the resources they need to succeed. Let's recruit a new army of teachers, and give them better pay and more support in exchange for more accountability. Let's make college more affordable, and let's invest in scientific research, and let's lay down broadband lines through the heart of inner cities and rural towns all across America...