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...task here is really monumental," says Dr. Said Hakki, an American of Iraqi descent who is now president of the Iraqi Red Crescent Organization. Basic services, such as ambulance dispatches, are almost nonexistent. "The response time in America is about seven minutes. In Saudi Arabia it's nine to ten minutes and in the region it's 12-15 minutes." By comparison, says Dr. Hakki, "the response time in Iraq is two hours to infinity...
...British fleet set sail, Thatcher regained some of her customary fire. Her basic position was that Britain would not negotiate until the Argentines withdrew. "We have to recover those islands," she declared in a television interview. Evoking Queen Victoria's words from the "black week" of December 1899, when attacking British forces were being repulsed in the Boer War, she declaimed: "Failure? The possibilities do not exist. I'm not talking about failure. I am talking about supreme confidence in the British fleet, superlative troops, excellent equipment. We must use all our professionalism, our flair, every single bit of native...
...Safety Protection Act, a bill that would ban the slaughter of any downed animal—including pigs, sheep, and other livestock currently sold diseased into the food supply. Next, it should take on Rep. Chris Shays’ (R-Conn.) Farm Animal Stewardship Purchasing Act, which would ensure basic humane standards on the farm, in transport, and in slaughter...
...Harvard currently receives about $400 million in federal funding annually, the vast majority of which is dedicated to scientific research and channeled to the University through the NIH. For other areas of scientific funding, the effects of the budget were mixed: The National Science Foundation and basic Department of Energy research saw large increases, while both the basic and applied research programs of the Department of Defense saw cuts. The administration’s budget was better for financial aid, proposing an 18.5 percent increase in spending on Pell Grants. Overall, the budget allocates $2.6 billion more for the grants...
...colleagues in the Division saying that ‘Venky has transformed how we work together.’”Striving to create close linkages with Harvard Business School and Harvard Medical School, Venky has been firmly committed to allowing interested undergraduates to bridge the gap between basic science and applied science and helping students to further interest in entrepreneurship, Knowles said. According to Lewis, the leader of SEAS must fulfill a unique role—with many of the same priorities as the president or provost of a small engineering college in the midst...