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...Iran agreement would have to win the backing of the U.S., but last week, U.S. officials were sounding as skeptical as ever. Speaking in Vienna, Stephen G. Rademaker, a U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for arms control, argued that Iran "is seriously embarked on an effort to develop nuclear weapons" and compared the country to North Korea. While a deal would avert a showdown between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Association at its meeting in Vienna later this month, Iran would still not have agreed to suspend enrichment indefinitely, which the U.S. insists it must do to avoid...
...chaotic cross fires of Falluja must not obscure the larger struggle continuing to develop in the battle for Iraq. Some recent news reports have suggested that the insurgent leadership actually escaped from Falluja days ago and has begun coordinating a new wave of violence elsewhere in Iraq. If accurate, asserting control over Falluja will likely have little beyond symbolic importance...
...doubt many of the measures in Allawi’s declaration were needed to ensure the short-term safety of Iraqi civilians, but we wonder what this forebodes for a democracy that as yet exists only in the minds of American geopolitical strategists. No truly free society will develop under martial...
Isaac T. Kohlberg’s appointment as associate provost and chief technology development officer comes as Harvard attempts to beef up “technology transfer,” a practice by which universities license technologies stemming from their research to companies who develop them. Kohlberg currently heads up technology transfer efforts for Tel Aviv University...
John J. Alberts, the owner of The Courtside for 62 years, has seen it develop from tiny neighborhood bar, to luncheon place for the Middlesex Courthouse staff, to award-winning karaoke joint recognized by the Boston Globe and the Boston Herald. And why is Courtside so famous? “We’re just a real fun place,” Alberts boasts. He gives an example: last Friday at the 2 a.m. closing time, all the women in the 150-person karaoke room stood on chairs and sang and danced to the ABBA song “Dancing...