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...commander who successfully recommended Bainimarama to succeed him as head of Fiji's armed forces when he stepped down in 1999. Evanson declines to reveal how much he donated to Ganilau's National Alliance Party to run against the Qarase government, but some observers say it was a substantial sum in Fijian campaign funding. Ganilau's election bid failed, but he has remained influential in military affairs, telling TIME he has recently been advising Bainimarama's military but "only on ceremonial matters" in the lead-up to the coup...
...preliminary proposal for University-wide departments will streamline redundant academic programs in different schools to ensure that they don’t compete with one another. “The degree of fragmentation across the schools and hospitals is such that sometimes we’re not even the sum of our parts,” Hyman says. —Staff writer Laurence H. M. Holland can be reached at lholland@fas.harvard.edu...
...does only "special deliveries." This job is so special that Matthew needs his own beeper and phone line, and people call from all over town at all hours of the night asking for his special pizzas. He really has turned into quite the little entrepreneur, earning a tidy sum and even buying his own convertible. John has been particularly interested in Matthew’s little business, and even jokes that in a couple of years Matthew will have to pay for his own college tuition. Only our Matthew could make such a success out of pizza delivery...
...trying to enjoy watching other people be awkward, then working your way toward enjoying your own awkwardness. Try hanging out in an elevator in William James. Awkwardness, guaranteed.Good luck,SaraDear Sara,How do you know if you have a terribly life-threatening food allergy? I went to dim sum with my friends this one time and after I ate one of the two dozen assorted items that was on the table, my throat closed up and my ears started itching. The thing is, I’m not sure whether the food was too hot or whether I am allergic...
...eager to lend a helping hand, paid off the money owed to loan sharks by a group of impoverished villagers struggling to survive; they should repay him, he said, "when they could." Eventually they did, but that was not the most significant aspect of the episode. While the total sum was only about $27, that a stranger would trust them with his cash gave the villagers an appreciation of their own self-worth. Today, that tiny pool of money has grown into an enormous reservoir of hope and dignity for millions of people the world over...