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...photographers have been balancing on stepladders and defending their turf in uncertain weather for two days now, but still those encamped outside 10 Downing Street are cheerful. Not only are their editors hungry for images depicting the new government Gordon Brown promises to unveil in full in the next 24 hours, but the first and most prominent Cabinet appointment has provided them with a gag that, for the lensmen at least, has yet to wear thin. "Hello Darling!" they chorus raucously, as the new Chancellor of the Exchequer makes his way past the press...
Despite the tensions, the uneasy state of the relationship need not augur a renewed cold war. The longer-term trends simply do not favor the more nostalgic dreams of the Kremlin rulers. For all of Russia's economic recovery, its prospects are uncertain. Russia's population is dramatically shrinking, even as its Asian neighbors are growing and expanding their military and economic might. The glamour of Moscow and the glitter of St. Petersburg cannot obscure the fact that much of Russia still lacks a basic modern infrastructure...
...never held an administrative position, but I’ve always been a groupie,” Leng says. Leng, who also served as Currier House Committee Chair, planned to enter graduate school focusing on educational policy until she received the fellowship. Now she is uncertain what she will pursue after her year abroad. “After one year I’m not sure what I want to do,” Leng says. “For the longest time I’ve wanted to go into public education and I’m very interested...
Faust’s sought-after status may have ultimately assured skeptical committee members that she was more than just an accomplished insider. However, just days before her final interview, some committee members still had doubts. Cech’s public exit left University leaders shocked and uncertain about how to proceed. If Faust, the only remaining serious candidate, were to be named president so soon after Cech’s public withdrawal, committee members worried she might appear to be a second choice, the sources said. On the other hand, reopening the search and coming back to Faust could...
...With the future of general education still uncertain and multiple deanships vacant, Bok took on another consequential project when he reopened a University-wide debate on calendar reform. With just a month left in his tenure, Bok said last week that he would decide whether to overhaul the calendar this week. As this story went to press, a decision had not yet been announced, but the idea of changing the calendar had gained the support of President-elect Drew G. Faust, the University’s deans, and many students...