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...invokes the 1997 treaty that calls for it to host 12 annual plenary meetings. "The arguments by the adversaries of Strasbourg are very ignorant of European reality," claims Mayor Fabienne Keller's office. Still, according to an internal E.U. website poll, 7 out of 10 M.E.P.s and their staff favor making Brussels Parliament's sole base. Even so, CPR chairman Alexander Alvaro likens his group's efforts to "the trickle of raindrops on a rock that eventually makes a hole." At that rate, M.E.P.s will commute - and the E.U. will wait for its institute - for a long time indeed...
...apologetically admit that none of the men on the show were right for her was strangely liberating. She reminded me that as much as the legions of single women like me want to find a mate, you can't force it. In a way, Jen did us a favor by demonstrating that single gals aren't all a bunch of Bridget Joneses, desperate for love. By showing us that Mr. Wrongs are a dime a dozen, reality TV for once felt real...
...President launched his push for Social Security changes more than a month ago in his State of the Union address, several polls indicate Americans have lost faith he can handle the issue. The Pew Research Center found in a survey that the percentage of Americans who say they favor private accounts has tumbled to 46% down from 54% in December and 58% in September...
...Curricular Review passes in its current form, even fewer undergraduates will be prepared for study abroad. The Review’s general education proposals include eliminating the Foreign Cultures Core requirement in favor of a more general distributional requirement in the humanities and allowing undergraduates to complete two semesters of required of language study after their first year. This means that students could easily leave Cambridge with an even shabbier grasp of the language, history, and culture of the foreign country in which they choose to study, making it even more likely that they will take the path of least...
...resignation of a pro-Syrian government, and last weekend?s proposal by Egypt?s President Hosni Mubarak to open up the traditional single-candidate elections that have endorsed his 24-year reign to other candidates (albeit only those approved by a legislature heavily stacked in the ruling party?s favor). Clearly, the U.S. invasion of Iraq has prompted the beginnings of what could be a seismic shift in power throughout the region...