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...Turkey is a Muslim country where the clout of conservative Muslim voters has been steadily growing, as demonstrated by the AKP's landslide sweep to power in the 2002 elections. Whereas the secular middle class can be found almost exclusively in coastal cities like Istanbul and Izmir, the AKP, led by the former semipro soccer player and Islamist Erdogan, has its roots in the conservative Central Anatolian heartland, as well as among millions of poorer migrants from those areas. Despite secularists' warnings, a poll conducted last year by a leading Istanbul think tank found that only 8.9% of the population...
Although Kleinfeld has never been implicated in anything illegal, key directors on the supervisory board that oversees management felt a clean sweep at the top was necessary to restore the company's credibility. Kleinfeld's future took a dismal turn on April 19, when his predecessor and mentor, Heinrich Von Pierer, most recently the chairman of the supervisory board and under whose watch the alleged crimes occurred, resigned under pressure. The board then took off the table discussions to extend Kleinfeld's contract, which is due to expire in September, until it had a better idea of where the investigation...
Both Harvard and the Quakers finished with 14-6 records in league play, but the Crimson got home field as a result of its sweep of Penn in its Ivy opener...
When that shot failed, though, it was over. Suchde completed the 3-0 sweep with ease, winning...
Barring a Tuesday sweep, then, the washed-out innings will likely be played at Harvard some time this week...