Word: vacuums
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...Faculty outcry against Knowles, Skocpol, and Verba’s plan leaves the Faculty, at least for now, without three of its most respected leaders. The responsibility for fixing this leadership vacuum falls squarely on Kirby. As Conant University Professor Stephen Owen pointed out at the meeting, “it is the Dean who leads his or her Faculty.” None of Harvard’s other eight Faculties is having such drastic problems, which points to a lack of leadership on Kirby’s part. Kirby needs to step up and be a more effective...
...hearing to air grievances resulting from the Vioxx and Celebrex snafu, it announced plans to create a new safety board to monitor drugs for unexpected side effects that show up after the drugs have gone on sale. Meanwhile, the Bush Administration finally moved to fill a one-year power vacuum at the top of the organization by nominating its acting chief, Dr. Lester Crawford, to be the FDA's permanent head...
...Indian Ocean coast, ministers had to beg the United Nations to fly them in to survey the damage. But before they can begin rebuilding the country, they must face down the powerful Islamic courts and placate the businessmen. These groups form a powerful élite that has filled the vacuum left by the fading might of the warlords, who destroyed Mogadishu after Mohammed Siad Barre was ousted in 1991. The most determined opposition will come from the Islamic courts. Started as small-scale operations set up by the city's clans, they gained influence when Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other...
...baffling the grader or by fencing him but like this: “It is absurd to discuss whether Hume is representative of the age in which he lived unless we note the progress of that age on all fronts. After all, Hume did not live in a vacuum...
Anyone who has ever tried to study in Loker Commons or a House dining hall will confirm the impossibility of significant productivity in the presence of vacuum cleaners, loud conversations, and big-screen televisions. Even if an undergraduate wanted to study late in one of these presently-available alternatives, he or she would be foiled by a 2 a.m. closing time (in the case of Loker) or the need to clean and tidy before the next day arrives (as far as dining halls are concerned...