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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Less glaring but equally important is Assad's sense of his own mortality. Pushing 70 and in ill health, this past year Assad witnessed the passing of his colleagues King Hassan of Morocco and King Hussein of Jordan. The aged Syrian leader is anxious to make peace in order to consecrate his legacy while he still can. At the same time, before leaving Syria's political stage Assad would like to ensure a smooth succession for his relatively untested son Bashar. Reaching an agreement now will allow his son to organize his regime without the additional headache of contending with...

Author: By David P. Honig, | Title: Paradoxical Peace in the Middle East | 1/10/2000 | See Source »

...think it was really stolen. The Crimson would take an obnoxious picture of it and then we would make up," Beale said. "But it never appeared again...

Author: By Victoria C. Hallett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Poon Installs Fake Ibis | 1/10/2000 | See Source »

...social lives consist largely of joining student organizations with rigid bylaws and mission statements. While these organizations do make use of creative energies, most require hours of menial work in rooms with poor ventilation. Recess is outside and if you don't like the rules, you can change them...

Author: By Richard S. Lee, | Title: To The Playground We Should Go | 1/10/2000 | See Source »

...first line has to work well together, otherwise we have to make adjustments," Harvard Coach Katey Stone said. "It doesn't make sense to have three really great players on a life if they are not producing. So I told them to share the puck and good things would happen, and that's what they did today...

Author: By Zevi M. Gutfreund, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: W. Hockey to Regain No .1 Ranking, Beat Northeastern 5-3 | 1/10/2000 | See Source »

...military discourages entrepreneurship may also be a little misguided. "If you go out in the field there are 26-year-olds operating hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of equipment with hundreds of people under their command. There aren't many people in the private sector who can make the same claim." Maybe so, but then again, not many Microsoft employees are asked to ship off to the Balkans for half-year stretches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Be All That You Can Be, But Don't Ask for a Raise | 1/10/2000 | See Source »