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Ordered an investigation into earlier leaks right before being fired?but it didn't yield results either
...TIME: The U.S. had agreed to hold off on pressing for sanctions to give the Europeans more time to negotiate a deal with Iran over suspending uranium enrichment. Those talks have failed to yield the desired result, and the U.S. is about to start pushing for U.N. sanctions. What can we expect in the weeks ahead...
...female head of state. (In May 1991, President Franois Mitterrand appointed France's first and only woman Prime Minister, Edith Cresson--and tossed her aside in less than a year.) Royal still has to take on France's hoary political establishment, which isn't quite so ready to yield to her popularity. French political parties remain clannish, ideological nests dominated by their male leaders. "All the polls show French society to be very open to the idea of a woman President," says Franoise Gaspard, a feminist sociologist and former Socialist deputy. "But the political parties are still very...
...from the school. Virginia Dean of Admissions John A. Blackburn told the student Cavalier Daily that though the university had been considering abandoning early admissions for two years, the decision’s timing was spurred specifically by Harvard and Princeton’s decisions. Virginia’s yield rate—the percentage of accepted students who choose to matriculate—is lower than either Princeton’s or Harvard’s. Virginia’s yield is 53 percent, while Princeton’s is over 69 percent, and Harvard?...
...institute. “The intersections among biology and engineering represent some of the most fruitful in basic and applied research.” The new institute will focus on basic, fundamental biology and nanotechnology research rather than applications-based research. Though the research is not expected to yield any immediate results, there is hope that it will one day yield advances in several diverse fields ranging from medicine to electronics. “We feel very strongly that research should not be directed towards application because that is a short-term view,” said a spokesman...