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...countries is stabilized—which, given the international financial crisis, may not occur for a few more years—NATO should be reluctant to grant them Membership Action Plans. The Partnership for Peace program—which encompasses a far larger group of countries with a distinct interest in maintaining political stability on the continent—should instead be used as a dialogue to mediate between these states and their former imperial master...
...newer members of NATO—especially Poland and the Baltic states—are extremely concerned with a Russian military resurgence. The invasion of Georgia last year should serve as a chilling reminder of just how far Moscow is willing to go to preserve its national interest in the former Soviet sphere...
...received over 120,000 applications in 2008, but for 2009 this figure has soared by approximately 50 percent, said CIA spokesperson Marie E. Harf. According to Robin Mount, the interim director of Office of Career Services at Harvard, the response from Harvard students has not changed dramatically, although interest remains high. Harf said that although this nationwide increase may be because of the economic crisis, “it is difficult to quantify how much it affects our hiring.” The Office of Career Services Web site states that out of 61 percent of students entering the employment...
...either made into pulp by machine or manually collected—is bagged and put into marked barrels, from which it is picked up by local waste management companies. Martin explained that Pforzheimer was chosen for the manual composting pilot program because it had a loading dock and showed interest in the project. “It’s a place where all the elements come together,” she said. Robert V. Fitzsimmons ’10, the Pforzheimer House Food Literacy Project representative, hosted a special brain break to spread composting awareness on March...
...Obama told the press conference that he hoped his first meeting with Russia's President, Dimitri Medvedev, in the afternoon would address what Obama called "the drift in the U.S.-Russia relationship." "There are very real differences. I have no interest in papering these over," he said, adding that on the issue of nuclear nonproliferation, he saw one of the strongest areas of common ground...