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Maliki appears intent on pressing the issue anew with the Obama Administration, which will have to decide soon whether to keep offering U.S. protection to the group or to yield to Iraqi demands to close Camp Ashraf. If the White House allows the Iraqi government to close the camp, the Iranian leadership is likely to see the move as a sign that the new Administration is eager to ease tensions between Washington and Tehran. A continuation of the status quo, however, could chill Obama's early outreach efforts...
Morse admitted that these factors were not taken into consideration when schools were ranked according to yield. Nonetheless, Harvard—which eliminated early action two years ago—still took the top spot...
This spring, several factors could influence Harvard’s yield, according to Fitzsimmons, It takes three to five years for changes in admissions policy to fully manifest themselves, he said, so last year’s expansion of financial aid and the elimination of early decision two years ago may or may not affect this year’s figures...
...addition, external issues such as the economy and what Fitzsimmons called the “Obama factor”—the increased prevalence of Harvard-affiliated figures on television and on Capitol Hill—may increase the yield...
...will go out expecting a figure considerably higher than 76.2 percent in case yield rises. If yield goes, up we’re covered, if yield stays where it’s been, we simply take people off the waiting list,” Fitzsimmons said...