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...federal database of individual college student records also sparked debate at the meeting. The informational benefits of such a database would be outweighed by concerns about privacy, President of Bunker Hill Community College Mary L. Fifield said in her speech. But former MIT president and commission member Charles M. Vest replied that the commission supports the creation of the database and would ensure that the appropriate precautions were taken to protect privacy. Harvard Graduate School of Education student Jessica M. Bibeau, who spoke for three minutes during a public comment period, supported an alternative to the proposed testing...
Zalmay Khalilzad says as he adjusts his bulletproof vest and settles into the back seat of his armored SUV. The U.S. ambassador to Iraq has just emerged from a meeting at the sprawling riverside home of Abdel Aziz al-Hakim, who heads the coalition of Shi'ite parties that controls Iraq's incoming parliament. It didn't go well. For more than an hour, Khalilzad tried to persuade al-Hakim to help revive the Iraqi political process, stalled in part because the Shi'ites refuse to bend to demands by secular, Kurdish and Sunni parties that Prime Minister Ibrahim...
...There are places you could get into trouble for this," scolds Brioni's communications director, Alessandra Alla. But not Milan, so Angeloni, 53, continues peeling off his vest to demonstrate what is special about a Brioni suit. He pulls up the lapel to display a cashmere backing (as opposed to the traditional felt) and a special thread to hold a boutonniere in place. He shows off a barely perceptible extra chest seam that requires a painstaking matching of stripes. He points out secret pockets and buttonholes stitched to look as good on the inside as out. (The buttonholes are stitched...
...Derek C. Bok, an articulate leader of this University and of American higher education for 20 years. Other admirable leaders in the recent past include Vartan Gregorian at Brown University, William G. Bowen at Princeton University, Nannerl O. Keohane at Duke University, and Charles M. Vest at MIT. Nor is there a dearth of impressive leaders today: Leon Botstein of Bard University has been a vigorous spokesperson on a variety of issues for many years, and Shirley M. Tilghman has already put a distinctive mark on Princeton University in a much shorter period of time.This is neither the time...
...little banged up,” Donato said, and because backup Justin Tobe had played well in practice. Tobe earned the 5-0 win in TD Banknorth Garden. “I’ll probably just hold my cards close to my vest on that one,” Donato said when asked who would start tonight. Donato also mentioned that sophomore forward Mike Taylor, out with a knee injury, is “day to day.” The Crimson meets the Raiders tonight at 7 and the Big Red tomorrow at 5:30pm...