Word: visitations
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...ensure that the opposition doesn't prevail as it did back in 1990, when the National League for Democracy (NLD) crushed the military's proxy party. (In a troubling precedent, a recent constitutional referendum received a credulity-straining 92% approval.) But the queries put to me during my recent visit got to the heart of a fundamental political dilemma: Is any election, even one so likely to be flawed, better than nothing...
...right since Trent had died—if only for Daddy. And I think I’d made a fine stab at propriety. But as we took our first, doomed steps I couldn’t help thinking this was the last time: who would I visit after this? I was sure the Northerners hated me because I was a Southerner and now the Southerners would hate me because I was a Northerner.“Miss Winnie,” Ezekiel whispered. “You don’t look right...
...hunger strike in the early 1980s.“Hunger” follows the group of prisoners at Ireland’s Her Majesty’s Prison Maze that demanded basic human rights in jail—such as the freedom to wear their own clothes, receive one visit a week from a family member, and organize recreational activities amongst themselves. Though the inmates first attempted a “no wash” strike, their demands were not met until Bobby Sands (Michael Fassbender, “Band of Brothers”) led a hunger strike...
...teaching has been noted by faculty and students alike. After attending a creative and performing arts magnet school for four years, going to the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) seemed like a logical choice for Kayla A. Escobedo ’12. Yet, Escobedo’s visit to Nancy’s classroom in October of 2007 led to a change of course...
...report last summer, has spent the past few months further editing the report, which addresses how the institution is working to meet the eleven standards of accreditation, ranging from academics to university finances. After the University finishes this process, a committee of faculty and administrators from similar institutions will visit the campus in the fall to draw up recommendations for submission to the New England Association of Schools and Colleges’ (NEASC) Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, which will make its final decision on Harvard’s accreditation next spring. “The structure...