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...Maliki and the SOFA. The agreement is opposed by the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP), the Sunni party loathed by the sheiks. The IIP won control of the Anbar provincial government in the last election, when most of the sheiks boycotted the vote. Now the chieftains want to supplant the IIP as the main voice of Iraq's Sunnis. Backing the SOFA and al-Maliki allows them to distinguish themselves from the IIP. The sheiks, in short, are playing democratic politics...
...array to come under the new Harvard Interdisciplinary Consortia—is open to Ph.D. or Sc.D. Harvard students who have completed at least one year in their home departments or schools. The program is not designed to “distract” students from their research or supplant requirements within their programs, according to Schrag. Rather, the consortium will provide “a little bit of breadth and exposure” to energy and environment issues, he said. “We’re going to try to get these students together so that they?...
...that deadline approaches, expect a fierce debate about the government's role in the housing market. Critics argue that Fannie and Freddie have become misshapen monsters, getting rich off implicit government guarantees. Yet when Wall Street managed to supplant them by backing subprime mortgages, the result was disaster. It's enough to make even the experts scratch their heads and wonder...
Your article espousing the slaughter of goats was repellent. Vegetarianism is advancing because it is irrefutably beneficial for the planet. Soy, nuts, beans, flax and grains can easily supplant animal protein. Spare the goats and enjoy some oats. Brien Comerford, GLENWIEW...
...Sondhi and his followers decided, instead, to take over Samak's offices, hoping that extreme trespassing would supplant the power of the ballot box. At first, the mood at the besieged compound was celebratory, with the Alliance supplying plenty of free food and drinks - and even veteran rock stars coming to entertain the crowds. But early on Sept. 2, the atmosphere took a sudden turn when a deadly street battle erupted between the PAD and a counter-protest group that supports the embattled Prime Minister. Dozens were injured as mobs attacked each other with whatever weapons were on hand - bamboo...