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...Stockholm. "But over the last year we're seeing a lot of middle-class people as well." Having granted asylum to 2,330 Iraqis in 2005, Sweden received nearly four times that many last year, and officials say they are bracing for a possible 35,000 this year. This winter's spectacular violence in Baghdad has sent the numbers of Iraqis arriving in Sweden rocketing, according to the Swedish Migration Board. In December, 1,566 Iraqis arrived, nearly five times last February's figure. Iraqis typically use forged passports to fly to Europe; their own passports usually have no entry...
Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby—who had spearheaded the curricular review—resigned under pressure from Summers last winter, setting off a conflict that ultimately resulted in Summers’ own resignation...
...Harvard students can afford to spend their last two years in college thinking about video games. But for Ben S. Decker ’08, his special concentration in “Interactive Media” requires it. Decker, a former psychology concentrator, learned over winter break that his unusual plan of study request would be granted. “Let’s not beat around the bush... my intention is to study video games,” his application read. Decker’s concentration in “ludology?...
...Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?” sets gloomy lyrics to undeniably upbeat hooks, startling the listener to bittersweet effect. The best example is “A Sentences of Sorts in Kongsvinger.” Leadman Kevin Barnes sings, “I spent the winter on the verge of a total breakdown while living in Norway” over an irrepressible synth, making it impossible to decide whether to dance or to cry. Most of the album consists of catchy drum machine beats and happy electronic melodies. However the album’s turning point...
...readers on Daily Kos this week showed Edwards and he in a virtual dead-heat, with Edwards leading 26% to 25%. (As Dean learned, wooing the Netroots is complicated; Edwards is also in a controversy over some bloggers he hired.) The crowd at the Democratic National Committee winter meetings clapped continuously during Edwards's speech there, as he repeated his calls for his party to show "courage" in opposing the war. Labor leaders are very enthusiastic about his emphasis on reducing poverty and increasing the minimum wage. And he has strong poll numbers, coming either first or second in most...