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...taken over the weekend, down from a height of nearly 70% when he took office. More than 50% of respondents in the poll said they wanted to see Yanigisawa resign for his remark - and with elections coming up in July that could decide the control of the Diet's upper house, many of Abe's own party members feel the same way. LDP ethics committee chairman Takashi Sasagawa told reporters that Yanagisawa "should quit quickly like a man" - thus demonstrating that Sasagawa was slightly missing the point of the whole sexism thing. But today Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki...
...don’t think we feel more burdened as a team; we are just a little more aware now about getting bonus points [by major decisions or pins], which becomes more important especially without such a great wrestler like Bode.”The Crimson struggled in the upper weight classes, which featured several nationally ranked wrestlers for Penn. Freshman Frankie Colletta (165) lost 15-6 in a major decision to No. 17 Zach Shananman, while freshman Fred Rowsey (174) lost to No. 9 Matt Herrington by fall in 39 seconds. Sophomore Louis Caputo, ranked 13th in the nation...
...British political parties nominate candidates for life peerages, which give recipients the title of lord or lady and allow them to sit in Britain's 748-member upper chamber of Parliament. Under a 1925 law, the sale of honors is illegal. Police are now attempting to find out if some peerages recommended since 2001 by all major parties were given in return for donations and secret loans. (More than 90 people have been questioned so far, including former Conservative leader Michael Howard.) They are also investigating whether another law, which says that all donations of more than $10,000 must...
...willingness to devote $50 million to their implementation—a virtually unheard of sum for a single initiative—is a welcome achievement for Harvard’s interdisciplinary science initiative. It demonstrates that such initiatives are at the top of the priority list of the upper echelons of Harvard’s—a development that has grabbed the attention of top scientists worldwide and that will no doubt attract a fresh crop of the world’s greatest minds to Cambridge.The most promising aspect of the Corporation’s initiative...
...incoming membership of Brazil's upper and lower legislative bodies, the Senate and the House of Deputies, take their oaths of office this week. How well Lula deals with them will be vital in deciding not only how he shapes his second and final four-year term but also his political legacy. Although he has reduced poverty through a far-reaching project that gives money to the poor to keep their kids in school, he has failed to pass the structural reforms he promised during his first run for office...