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...word, says Skilling. As well, there has not been a willingness to experiment, boldly or persistently. New Zealand, burned by previous government follies, remains risk-averse. Third, the country has wasted a decade by not building broad political support for the new direction it needs to succeed under globalization; three-year election cycles don't help lawmakers to focus beyond small-view politics...
...wasn't taking chances. During the three-year hunt for him, al-Zarqawi was a maddeningly elusive target--a master of disguise who could pass as a woman in a burqa one day, an Iraqi policeman the next. He traveled in groups of women and children to lower suspicion and frequently moved with ease through checkpoints in Iraq. Although military commanders believe they came close to capturing al-Zarqawi on at least half a dozen occasions in the past two years, few had reason to anticipate an imminent breakthrough. But military and intelligence officials in Washington, Baghdad and Amman tell...
After receiving a Bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1956, Lehrer enlisted in a three-year stint in the U.S. Marine Corps. Upon returning, he began his professional career working for The Dallas Morning News, and he later joined the staff of The Dallas Times-Herald. At 34, Lehrer became the paper’s city editor...
...curriculum itself. The defects of teaching at Harvard College are well known, and we do not claim that the complete solution will be easy to find. Two sensible and practical improvements were suggested this year, however, that the Faculty failed to implement: first, to waive the unreasonable three-year limit for lecturers who are effective teachers, and second, to require all professors to distribute Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE) surveys in their courses, and to publish the results of these surveys in the annual CUE Guide.The current limit of three years for non-tenure track lecturers is unique among virtually...
...It’s going to be different this year,” said Henderson of his team’s struggles. “We haven’t been as dominant as we were last year so early on in the season. The season is definitely progressing slightly differently than it did last year.” The troubles—and broken streaks—continued several weeks later at Eastern Sprints, where the varsity eight failed to capture first place for the first time in three years. Fortunately for the Crimson, the second varsity crew picked...