Word: weekends
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...regime of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe that his party almost lost a parliamentary election despite an energetic campaign to steal it. The ruling ZANU-PF party, which previously held all but three seats in the country?s legislature, lost 58 of the 120 seats contested at the weekend and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change immediately vowed to challenge the result in a further 20 in which the ruling party won by less than 500 votes. European Union observers proclaimed the two-day election anything but "free and fair" in light of a systematic campaign of violent intimidation...
...that the result is likely to make much difference to the immediate plans of the man who has ruled Zimbabwe as a personal fiefdom for the past 20 years. "ZANU-PF will form the government whatever the results," the party's national chairman, John Nkomo, vowed over the weekend. "Mugabe can have a cabinet of just five if he wants. Mugabe is an institution." But the president faces reelection in 2002, and Tuesday?s result may portend worse to come for the ruling party. The immediate danger is that the greater the challenge Mugabe perceives, the more desperate he becomes...
...typical Harvard fashion, I set out to know it all. I studied up, I quizzed relatives, and I ventured into the city weekend after weekend in search of my hometown. It's been a long and arduous process--and a fun one. Exploring your own city like a tourist is a way to see it through fresh eyes and abandon the jadedness that creeps in after residing there for 20 years...
...bring guidebooks and maps of Boston and New England. There's no reason why you should have to stay cooped up in Lamont Library every weekend. During reading periods, you'll appreciate the chance to escape to a place where people think "crimson" is just another color...
...Harvard Summer School registration begins this weekend, 4,753 students will have the opportunity to experience everything from economics and chemistry classes to concerts, talent shows and trips...