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...referendum on that constitution and then hold general elections. Colin Powell has set a six-month target for the constitution, but nobody believes it can be done that quickly. Political reality may dictate that this second option will be scrapped in favor of the first: a quick and dirty transfer of power to the Governing Council next spring...
...diplomatic pressure increased dramatically in the past week. It is now clear that the U.N. will not help Iraq so long as the American occupation authority remains in charge. Kofi Annan has said he wants a rapid transfer of power to an Iraqi government of some sort. Everyone agrees this is a good idea-even the U.S. proconsul, Paul Bremer, recently told a congressional committee that already "some Iraqis are beginning to regard us as occupiers and not as liberators?-but no one knows how to get it done anytime soon with any guarantee of success. For one thing...
...while the general quality of students’ bathroom-cleaning service will likely rise, the transfer of this work from students to a contractor is regrettable. The student exodus from the Dorm Crew labor market is due to the decline in the job’s relative wage. Three years ago, with a starting hourly rate of $9.85, Dorm Crew stood out as one of the most generous employers on campus. When adjusted for inflation, today’s $10.15 an hour starting salary is significantly less attractive—only $9.47 an hour in 2000 dollars. In fact...
...sitting and waving their arms around. Though he just turned 90, he leads several Tai Chi and water-aerobics classes at the home. "At this stage in my life, I'm blessed with good health and have some ability in the world of exercise, and if I share or transfer that to other people, it's going to do good for me directly, and it's going to help those people," he says. "As a result, I'm going to gain satisfaction that I wasn't even seeking...
Chopra called the reshuffling a “power transfer to central faculty...