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...funding for Breakthrough Cambridge and Cambridge School Volunteers, two of the educational programs addressed by yesterday’s proposal. The motion, which had been jointly suggested by committee members Patricia M. Nolan ’80 and Marc C. McGovern, failed by a 5-1 vote. Only Nolan voted in favor. Except for the mayor’s extended statement against the proposal, discussion among the committee members prior to the vote was brief. Simmons told the committee that she opposed the proposal because it had been introduced at an inappropriate time, not because she did not support...
...first major revisions to the Classics Department curriculum in at least three decades received final approval yesterday by a unanimous vote of the Educational Policy Committee, the Harvard board that reviews undergraduate programs...
...less about Islamist appeal in these countries, but more about their ability to mobilize a narrow constituency to go over the threshold to win in an area,” said Masoud. “Some scholars have thought that Islam influences people to vote [in favor of Islamist parties], but I think the more proximate cause is micro level variables on the ground in these elections...
...Senator Mel Martinez to the bill that would end the travel ban. But even they know momentum is building inside the Beltway, as prominent Senators like Indiana's Richard Lugar now argue that the Cuban embargo has been a failure. Obama didn't need the once indispensable Cuban-American vote to win Florida's critical electoral votes in last year's presidential race, and the Cuban-American Foundation - a once hard-line exile group in Miami - issued a white paper last week calling for engagement over isolation in Cuba policy...
...Japan and major companies were laying off workers in waves. "News reports about worsened business and manpower conditions came out one after another," says Recruit spokeswoman Yuri Ito. "This survey is done around the time companies announce their recruitment plan for the following year. So some students might vote for those that plan to hire aggressively." Export-driven companies, out. Instead, "Students consider companies in industries like infrastructure and food, which are robust in a recession... companies that are stable and don't go away," says Ito. "Their parents think the same...