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Observers have quipped that the greatest mystery surrounding South Africa's presidential elections this week was not the identity of the victor - Jacob Zuma had the job sewn up when he seized control of the country's ruling party in 2007 - but rather his first lady. Zuma, who will almost...
“Given how many students we see, it’s a much different figure for us,” Barreira said, noting that surveys consistently report that 40-50 percent of each graduating class has sought out on-campus mental health services at least once.
Harvard College plans to increase the amount of financial aid dollars for next year by 18 percent—a figure exceeding even the Financial Aid Office’s earlier expectations. Other institutions including Princeton, Dartmouth, and Cornell will also see double-digit percentage increases in the amount of...
To be sure, the historic unpopularity of the Bush Administration has been a convenient foil for Obama. He has also been lucky in his enemies, a reeling Republican Party that lurches from gimmicks to hissy fits, including frequent, unbidden appearances by such unpopular characters as Karl Rove, Dick Cheney and...
Few countries in the world sit upon as many layers of history and civilization as Egypt, from the pyramids of the Pharaohs to the archives of medieval Jewish merchants. But the specter of Cleopatra has loomed above it all. "Cleopatra has come to symbolize Egypt for a lot of people...