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Search committee members in recent weeks have spoken particularly highly of Howard Hughes Medical Institute President Thomas R. Cech—who withdrew his name from consideration yesterday—and Radcliffe Institute Dean Drew Gilpin Faust. And as Cech’s announcement yesterday adds new questions to the status of the search, Kagan may still be in contention for the University?...
...cutout" tactic of using private citizens and front companies was apparently North's transparent method of keeping supplies flowing to the contras after the congressional ban. Although North had met regularly with contra leaders in El Salvador and Honduras, he withdrew from this visible activity after the military ban. Instead he dispatched Robert Owen, 33, a former congressional aide to Indiana Senator Dan Quayle, to maintain these contacts. In November 1985, U.S. embassy personnel in Honduras introduced Owen to high Honduran military officials as a White House envoy. In fact, Owen had no official Government position. Last year North...
...right to worry: both Marcos and Arroyo's predecessor, Joseph Estrada, were toppled by popular protests after the army withdrew support for them. Yet Arroyo's reliance on the armed forces could backfire. "There's a lot of concern from Filipinos about their democracy being rolled back," says Abuza. "These military-driven policies certainly play into those perceptions." Ermita counters: "Don't forget that the commander-in-chief is a civilian, and that there is a chain of command which is strictly followed. You cannot militarize the country because this is a democracy, not a military government...
...officials are skeptical about a recent agreement between Pakistan's government and local tribes in North Waziristan, under which Pakistani troops withdrew from the area on the understanding that the tribes would police all cross-border incursions into Afghanistan. The number of cross-border attacks from the area since the agreement is double the figure for the same period a year ago, according to U.S. military spokesman Colonel Tom Collins, addressing reporters traveling with Gates. "We are seeing evidence that the enemy is taking advantage of that agreement to launch attacks into Afghanistan...
...stuff - and despite noises to the contrary they're apparently playing more or less the same this year. Nadal, at 20 five years younger than Federer, went off the boil in the second half of last year and hasn't started this year in sensational touch; he also withdrew with a groin strain from last week's warm-up event in Sydney. But Federer would still regard him as the main obstacle to a third Australian Open title...