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...long been theater in Pakistan, and the current spectacle of a waning President and a crusading Chief Justice has the country enthralled. Three months ago Musharraf accused Chaudhry of misuse of office, leveling charges of nepotism and corruption. Chaudhry denies wrongdoing and refuses to go. The resulting furor threatens Musharraf's increasingly tenuous hold on power. Musharraf says he's the only leader capable of reining in the Islamic militants that threaten Pakistan, but his detractors claim that his stranglehold on power has sidelined moderates and delivered Pakistan's government into the hands of an extremist minority. Chaudhry just wants...
...their concentrations; and a new system of general education, which revamps the Core with an increased focus on contemporary issues, passed the Faculty last month. Yet the road to where we are today has left Harvard and the Faculty deeply scarred and has exposed serious flaws within FAS that threaten to undermine the new curriculum just as they did the soon-to-be-defunct Core...
...obstacle comes from Moscow, where President Vladimir Putin told reporters this week that Russia might again target countries in Europe that accept such a system. "If a part of the strategic nuclear potential of the United States appears in Europe and, in the opinion of our military specialists, will threaten us, then we will have to take appropriate steps in response," Putin said in comments released Monday by the Kremlin. "What kind of steps? We will have to have new targets in Europe...
...commitment to a process akin to the scientific method. You try out a hypothesis, have the guts to follow it through, and then evenly assess what you have. Crises of belief—“what if I am wrong?”—do threaten one’s resolve to forge ahead, but they also offer a check against becoming enamored with one’s argument. Cognitive dissonance can be vital to the refinement of a thesis. It is worth pointing out that a thesis writer who begins in January may have little time...
...would Syria threaten? To discourage the Lebanese from pursuing this process. Since day one, they have not been showing acceptance or willingness or support for the idea of an international tribunal...