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...wake of his death, Wang’s friends began to raise money to bring his parents to his funeral and memorial service; when Harvard covered their transportation costs, they continued raising money as a sign of solidarity for his family...
...itself up against Dartmouth again in January, this time settling for a tie.After another long break due to exam period, the Saints edged the Crimson once again, scoring with less than a minute left in the third period to take a 2-1 decision. The disappointing defeat prompted a wake-up call for Harvard by an angry Stone.“Things need to change. Basically I said, ‘This stinks,’” Stone said at the end of January. “Yes, this is a good hockey team...
...invasion, when it began to become clear - at least to those of us who were there reporting at the time - that a deadly insurgency was building, and that the United States was frittering away, mainly through ineptitude and a lack of manpower, whatever goodwill was there in the wake of Saddam Hussein's fall. (And there was a reservoir of goodwill at the beginning, even among the Sunni community in Baghdad, in the summer right after the invasion...
...This is the second time in two years that faculty members anticipate the appointment of a permanent dean. In the wake of Kirby’s January 2006 forced resignation—an event that contributed to Summers’s fall weeks later—professors assisting in the search for Kirby’s replacement wanted a long-lasting leader who could bring a renewed vision to the office...
...Finally, Chaudhry stepped to the podium at 2 a.m. and launched into his prepared talk on article 25 of the Pakistani constitution, about non-discrimination before the law. Following in the wake of several fiery speeches proclaiming victory against military interference and exhortations to carry on the good fight, his talk was remarkably tame. Boring even. But the audience was rapt. "In the eyes of the law all citizens are equal. I appreciate that you are struggling for a free and independent judiciary and supremacy of law. Your struggle is unprecedented in the history of Pakistan," he said...