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Even before he took office this past summer, a controversial change Lewis had strongly endorsed--randomization of the housing lottery--was announced by his predecessor, L. Fred Jewett...
...firm and its predecessor firms have been involved in some of the more prominent corporate activities over the last decade or so," said Andy Stern, spokesperson for Haas Wheat & Partners...
...Lewis' predecessor as dean of the College, L. Fred Jewett '57, randomized the housing lottery last spring: Lewis himself co-authored a 1994 report on the structure of the College recommending the change...
...position one iota. He wants control over the entire Golan Heights region. That means no Israeli presence whatsoever. Assad is very shrewd, and he knows that his place in history is tied to the Golan. Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres has a reputation as more conciliatory than his predecessor Rabin, and he may give Assad what he wants. But unless Syria gets total control over the Golan Heights, there will be no deal." About 13,000 Israelis in 33 settlements live on the Golan Heights. The Golan controls water flowing to the Sea of Galilee, which provides Israel with...
...search for the new Dalai Lama, Tibet's God-King, when the current one passes on. From exile in India, the Dalai Lama reaffirmed his choice and insisted, "My recognition of the Panchen Lama's reincarnation cannot be changed." He may have been recalling the words of his own predecessor, who before his death in 1933 gave this warning: "Unless we guard our own country, it will now happen that the Dalai and Panchen Lamas, the Father and the Son, and all the revered holders of the Faith, will disappear and become nameless...