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...heated turf war between the College administration and the Undergraduate Council (UC) over the UC’s party fund, the final score has yet to be reached. But one thing remains certain: Students and student groups will be the first casualties of this battle unless both hot-headed parties back down and strike an amicable compromise.Because of a deep-rooted belief that, in the words of Assistant Dean of the College Paul J. McLoughlin II, the UC “cannot be trusted,” the College has flexed its muscles and threatened...
...Vassanji's The Assassin's Song is a more complex but ultimately less satisfying examination of similar turf. The central character, Karsan, is destined to be the latest in a centuries-long familial line to inherit the Shrine of the Wanderer, an important place of Sufi worship in India's Gujarat state. But as a young man he falls out with his father and loses his faith, escaping to North America instead. When he returns, after the riots that ripped apart Gujarat in 2002, Karsan is forced to re-examine his beliefs, his family and himself...
...next moves--and remind its members not to talk to reporters or even refer to the group by name. Those attending the three-day September meeting in Salt Lake City got to hear Vice President Dick Cheney talk about the war and Mitt Romney testify on his home turf for family values. The agenda included sessions like the Next Generation of Conservatives, presented by the Rev. Jonathan Falwell; What Is Endangered: Climate or Freedom?; and Parents' Rights in Public Schools...
...licensing arrangement. And Manley says licensed production of Chrysler cars in Russia could begin "within the year." Jumping into emerging markets and using joint ventures are "very attractive propositions," Anwyl says, but "these things take time." But as foreign rivals increasingly put the squeeze on Chrysler on its home turf, it can't afford to take a leisurely scenic route to global success. Chrysler's biggest worry is it left it too late to put its international ambitions into high gear...
...like nest-building insects. The Croatian assistant minister for tourism, Robert Pende, told Time that investors are bidding to develop a 36-hole site in the small town of Skradin near the city of Sibenik in Dalmatia, despite having to hire ordnance experts to clear mines before laying down turf, giving an entirely new meaning to lift and place...