Word: suit
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...interview would last only 30 minutes, but he let it go on despite their protests. At last we were passed a note: "The time is over and Mr. President has an important meeting with the Cuban President. Goodbye." Ahmadinejad bolted from the room, swapped his jacket for a suit coat and climbed into a Mercedes. As the car pulled away, he sat in the back with an aide, smiled one more time and threw us a final wave...
Getting to Harvard Will the admissions change stick? Harvard may call off its decision to end early admissions next fall--a move aimed at helping poor and minority students--if the quality of applicants drops or other colleges fail to follow suit...
...opened the Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts, to encourage youngsters to pursue their artistic dreams. Mostly through her work, Tupac has become rap's first cult figure. For Wallace the issue is justice. She has spent the past four years embroiled in a wrongful-death suit against the city of Los Angeles. The suit alleges that crooked L.A.P.D. cops conspired with Death Row records owner Suge Knight to have Biggie murdered. (Knight has denied the allegation.) In July, her actions forced the L.A.P.D. to assign a new task force to investigate the murder...
...process hearings to try to get more services for their children. This year the Department of Education expects about 14,000 parents to request such a proceeding, which Peter Wright, a special-ed attorney in Deltaville, Va., likens to a cross between a nasty divorce and a medical-malpractice suit. Each side feels betrayed by the other, and each brings in a slew of expert witnesses. "The cases that are on the table tend to be really difficult, thorny questions," says Andrew Rotherham, co-director of the Washington think tank Education Sector. "How much is enough...
Your guide through advanced microeconomics is Professor Edward Glaeser, who breezes through difficult and complex equations in a dapper three piece suit without breaking a sweat. He calls on–or barks at—students to create models to solve real-world problems. If you can keep up with his break-neck pace, he will change the way you see the world...