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...winner of Lebanon's political confrontation may be determined not by street protests in Beirut but by political jockeying in Washington. With Democrats pushing the Bush Administration to engage with Syria and Iran over the turmoil in Iraq, Hizballah may gain from the newfound stature of its patrons, according to Khashan. Still, that effect remains to be seen. "This is the Middle East," said Khashan. "You always have new uncontrolled variables that transform the situation at the last minute." One thing is for certain: now more than ever, Lebanon doesn't have time on its side...
...death in a plane crash in 1988. In 1990 he removed Pakistan's first female Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto, and in 1993 dispatched her successor, Nawaz Sharif, over allegations of corruption and mismanagement. A Supreme Court ruling to restore Sharif to his position threw the country into turmoil, prompting an intervention by Pakistan's powerful military, which forced Khan to resign...
...Dominance in June is characteristic of Charley Butt’s crews, which have won seven of 17 IRA titles—three more than any other program. But last June’s race had to be special, even by Butt’s standards.After the turmoil of April and May, when uncertainty reigned supreme for six weeks in Newell Boathouse, Harvard finally got all 2,000 meters right.Throughout the dual season, the Crimson tanked after settling into a base cadence off the race’s opening high 20. So in Camden, Harvard opted not to settle, racing...
...didn’t start out wanting to serve 20 years,” said Bok, who stepped down in 1991—only to be summoned back to Mass. Hall 15 years later. In 1971, “the University was in a state of enormous turmoil,” Bok told a Boylston Hall audience of 50 undergraduate and graduate students, who have witnessed Faculty in-fighting and administrative turnover themselves...
...charges of rape, sexual harassment, fraud, obstruction of justice, and a raft of other crimes. If the Attorney General accepts the recommendation, Katsav could be charged with the most serious offenses ever leveled against a serving high-ranking Israeli politician. And it means Olmert, his administration already in turmoil, must now contend with the eruption of another in a series of scandals that - although this one is not of his making - together with the ongoing fallout of the Lebanon war are eroding public faith in Israeli leadership...