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...transfer of political authority could also become a source of new instability. That may be unavoidable in a situation where, having eliminated the authoritarian regime in Baghdad, the U.S. is now presiding over an unruly contest for power among ethnically-oriented political forces looking to rewrite Iraq's basic political arithmetic that has been dominated by the Sunni minority ever since the British first cobbled together three Ottoman provinces to create Iraq. Even as they wage a full-blown counterinsurgency war against the Sunni insurgents, U.S. officials in Iraq will be anxiously watching the complex political interplay among the Shiites...
...Faculty Council will discuss concerns about the University’s vision for an Allston campus today, including those raised in a recent letter by one of its members criticizing several of the administration’s basic assumptions...
None of that will fix a basic Touareg glitch: that strange name. After dealers heard it in 2002, some begged VW for a change of name, fearing that U.S. customers wouldn't have a clue about how to pronounce it. VW has tacitly admitted that they were right. Some of the first TV ads for the Touareg parody the pronunciation (which, for the record, is tour-egg). VW says Americans had difficulty pronouncing Passat when it launched. (Never mind fahrvergnugen.) But that doesn't dispel the sense that VW's marketing department is in triage mode. VW named the Touareg...
Mallinkrodt Professor of Physics and Leverett Master Howard Georgi suggested that instead of impressing science, or at least the mathematical sciences, upon humanities and social science majors, the common denominator should be more basic...
...grants will total nearly a quarter-million dollars, funds that can go a long way towards ensuring that House gyms are well-equipped, inviting places for students to exercise. Many House gyms are currently dilapidated and lacking basic equipment, and while Undergraduate Council has made a valiant effort to provide needed funds, this project requires more financial muscle than the Council can exercise...