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...March 16, Sir Paul Judge, a multimillionaire businessman and former director general of the Conservative Party under Prime Minister John Major, launched the Jury Team, an umbrella organization for Independents that is recruiting candidates via its website (www.juryteam.org). There, any member of the public can announce their candidacy for the upcoming European Parliament elections by describing their political interests in an online profile, uploading a photo, and linking to their profiles on other social networking sites such as MySpace, Facebook and Twitter. Then, rather than the party selecting which candidates to field in a traditional closed-door process, the public...
...told The Crimson yesterday that he believed undergraduates prefer finding their home in smaller concentrations under the Life Sciences umbrella...
Seeks: a girlfriend, an umbrella, a big-screen TV, a spade, disposable income, steady employment, toothpicks, general companionship...
...took to the streets of Dublin. Most were civil servants protesting a levy on public-sector pensions, which the government says will save the country $1.2 billion. Unions are currently balloting members on a planned general strike for March 30, with the head of the country's trade-union umbrella group warning of a "doomsday situation" should the government fail to introduce a recovery plan that gains the support of social partners. According to the most recent opinion polls, only 10% of Irish voters say they have confidence in Prime Minister Brian Cowen's government. "People are very, very angry...
...fantasy vacation. If you’re lucky enough to be Jewish, you can have all this for free just by going on a Birthright trip.Taglit-Birthright is the organization which provides 10-day, all-expense paid trips to Israel for Jewish youth ages 18 to 26. This umbrella organization funds trips that are designed and led by more than 20 trip organizers. These trips must all follow the Taglit-Birthright guidelines but differ slightly in certain activities and excursions. While the trips are open to anyone with Jewish heritage, there are specially designed trips that cater to those...