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...have to pry him from his stand-up desk with a crowbar." In Cairo last week, Rumsfeld tried to take it all in stride. "If every time two or three people disagreed, we changed the Secretary of Defense of the United States, it would be like a merry-go-round." But Rumsfeld may again be underestimating the strength of an insurgency--this one in his own backyard. Other retired officers are expected to make their views known soon. Which means this Revolt of the Generals has yet to run its course...
...allowing her to start an informed conversation - one she knows will be repeated to family and friends. (She reads fast and has a flypaper memory.) Dinners during regional trips used to strand her at the top of a long table with predictable dignitaries; now she will be at a round table with perhaps a nurse, the leader of the local Sikh temple and an entrepreneur. Parties at Buckingham Palace are increasingly built around themes, like honoring transport workers and members of the emergency services after the London bombings of July 2005. She has aligned the palace with the modern world...
Harvard Stadium may look pretty on a postcard, but outside of football season, it doesn’t get much play. A series of renovations slated to begin next month will change that, upgrading the 103-year-old National Historic Landmark to a multi-purpose facility available for year-round use by varsity, intramural, and club teams. The planned developments include replacing the grass field with a synthetic surface, installing lights on the stadium’s exterior, and providing for the implementation of a seasonal “bubble.” The project is estimated to cost around...
...that.” In addition to encouraging research, the new cluster of concentrations will offer a “consistent common foundation” across the life sciences which facilitates switching between them, Lue said. Council members offered unanimous support for the motion, greeting the presentation with a round of applause. “I think the only question that was raised was what it was going to cost and who was going to pay for it,” Council member and Professor of the History of Science Everett I. Mendelsohn said. The legislation will be placed...
...NCAA tournament, Ungar went 18-5 in the round robin to move on the semifinals...