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...friend’s footsteps. McCarthy was adopted at birth and says that this aspect of his identity made his relationship with Green a priority in his life. Green says he now hopes to serve as a mentor and “McCarthy figure” for his year-and-a-half old godson...

Author: By S.e. Butler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The “Brothers” McCarthy | 2/28/2002 | See Source »

Adirazak Mohamud fled to Denmark a year-and-a-half ago from his native Somalia. He dreams of finding work as a bus driver and bringing his wife and baby daughter to live with him in Copenhagen. But new Danish laws may dash those dreams. The government has proposed a series of legal changes that will make it harder for refugees like him to get permanent residence in Denmark and will slash welfare payments to newcomers. "The new law is bad for us," Mohamud says. "If there is no money and no job, I'll have no choice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Denmark's Closing Door | 2/18/2002 | See Source »

Thursday night at 12:01 a.m. The Women’s Guide to Harvard landed with a thud in my DeWolfe doorbox—five days after it had been delivered to the rest of campus. For a book whose publication was already a year-and-a-half past deadline, I wasn’t surprised by the delay. Much like the demise of Radcliffe College, which in Oct. 1999 finally equalized undergraduate women in the eyes of Harvard’s administration, the book arrived a little too late and without fanfare, passing unbeknownst to most students on campus...

Author: By Lauren E. Baer, | Title: Judge the Book by Its Cover | 2/11/2002 | See Source »

Solomon-Schwartz said that while he is excited about the possibilities created by the new structure, which he helped bring to reality during the past year-and-a-half, he is wary about the effect the emphasis on a coherent vision might have on the diversity of Hillel’s programs...

Author: By Juliet J. Chung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hillel Gets New Structure, Picks New Leaders | 12/5/2001 | See Source »

...Opposition legislators see a battle between the President and the media as a prime moment to score political points, especially with the presidential election less than a year-and-a-half away. Former President Kim Young Sam, a longtime and bitter rival of the current President, compared him to Hitler and Stalin and warned that the tax inquiry might be a precursor to a coup d'?tat to keep the President in power. So wild was the general level of anti-Kim rhetoric that lawmaker Lee broke ranks with his own party leaders and urged them to tone down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stomping the Presses | 7/16/2001 | See Source »

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