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...member leadership council tapped by Garner to organize the process. The political landscape remains uncertain, particularly in respect of the majority Shiite community, many of whose clerical leaders are rejecting any authority that functions under U.S. tutelage. But Bremer will certainly be looking to strengthen the U.S. political position vis-a-vis the Shiites by restoring security and basic services...
...museums and the ART are two of the most respected institutions in their fields internationally. According to ART Executive Director Orchard, “the kind of ambivalence that comes out of Harvard” is responsible for the national attitude towards the arts. “Its position vis a vis the arts is going to be scrutinized…In the educational world, people look at Harvard,” he says. “I don’t think it’s the best example...
...don’t think that the number of faculty going to be on leave next year means the department will suffer unduly vis-à-vis other years,” Stauffer said...
...Porter university professor Whatever any one of us knows is so small in view of everything that is to be known in the cosmos. What you do know is a tiny drop of knowledge. One is always confronted by the ocean of things you don’t know vis à vis the things you do know
...little backstory: Faxon was on the ropes late in the 1999 season, vis-a- vis earnings and future tournament exemptions, as a divorce and then a broken wrist had taken a toll on his results. Then, all of a sudden, he did a terrific thing: He won the B.C. Open, which boosted him solidly into the middle echelon of money winners and won him invitations that would allow him to sleep peacefully for another 12 months at least. Good...