Gunmen to Support Abbas Presidency Bid (AP)

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Abbas Vows to Protect Palestinian Gunmen
(AP)

Abbas Vows to Protect Palestinian Gunmen
(AP) 01/01/2005 08:31 PM
AP - Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said in an Associated Press interview Saturday that he wants to protect militants from Israel, rejecting Israeli demands that he crack down on them. It was his latest campaign gesture to court gunmen seen by many Palestinians as resistance heroes and by Israel as terrorists.

Warm welcome for Abbas in Gaza

Warm welcome for Abbas in Gaza 01/01/2005 02:55 PM
Mahmoud Abbas, the front-runner in the vote for a new Palestinian president, gets a rousing welcome in Gaza.

Abbas launches presidential bid

Abbas launches presidential bid 12/25/2004 09:09 PM
Interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas calls on Israel to end its occupation as he begins his election campaign.

Israel Frees 159 Palestinians; Abbas
Wants More Out

Israel Frees 159 Palestinians; Abbas
Wants More Out 12/27/2004 08:51 AM
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Israel Frees 159 Palestinians, Abbas
Wants More Out

Israel Frees 159 Palestinians, Abbas
Wants More Out 12/27/2004 08:50 AM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 27 2004 12:50PM GMT

Abbas 'will not fight militants'

Abbas 'will not fight militants' 01/01/2005 06:47 PM
Mahmoud Abbas, tipped to become the new Palestinian president, says he will not fight against militant groups.

Abbas Gets Hero's Welcome in Gaza
Tinderbox Rafah

Abbas Gets Hero's Welcome in Gaza
Tinderbox Rafah 01/01/2005 12:33 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 1 2005 2:38PM GMT

As Abbas Runs, Skeptical Militants Wait
and See

As Abbas Runs, Skeptical Militants Wait
and See 01/05/2005 10:20 PM
In his run for the Palestinian presidency, Mahmoud Abbas must convince militants to abandon their struggle and let him try diplomacy to win an independent state.

Abbas Pledges to Follow Arafat Policies
(AP)

Abbas Pledges to Follow Arafat Policies
(AP) 12/29/2004 06:12 AM
AP - Interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas received a warm welcome in his first public campaign rally, generating some excitement for the low-key politician's effort to succeed Yasser Arafat.

Abbas Assails 'Zionist Enemy' After Tank
Kills 7

Abbas Assails 'Zionist Enemy' After Tank
Kills 7 01/04/2005 05:38 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 4 2005 9:52PM GMT

Hamas Wins Some Town Elections in
Challenge to Abbas

Hamas Wins Some Town Elections in
Challenge to Abbas 12/26/2004 02:53 PM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 26 2004 6:23PM GMT

Sharon, Abbas Fail to Resolve Gaza
Issues (AP)

Sharon, Abbas Fail to Resolve Gaza
Issues (AP) 06/22/2005 02:56 AM
AP - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas failed Tuesday to resolve key issues on Israel's planned Gaza withdrawal, and the Palestinian chief said he received no positive answers in a "difficult" meeting — their first since they agreed to a truce four months ago.

Abbas Orders More Security Reforms to
Fight Chaos (Reuters)

Abbas Orders More Security Reforms to
Fight Chaos (Reuters) 04/02/2005 03:20 PM
Reuters - Mahmoud Abbas accepted the resignation of a top security chief on Saturday and ordered hundreds of Palestinian officers to retire in a bid to reform his forces and halt growing chaos, an official said.

Abbas Rejects Accusations by Sharon at
Bush Talks (Reuters)

Abbas Rejects Accusations by Sharon at
Bush Talks (Reuters) 04/13/2005 11:25 AM
Reuters - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday rebuffed Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's accusations made during U.S. talks that the Palestinians were at fault for stalled peace moves.

Gaza Militants Defy Abbas with Surge of
Attacks (Reuters)

Gaza Militants Defy Abbas with Surge of
Attacks (Reuters) 01/05/2005 06:05 AM
Reuters - Gaza militants struck the border with Israel and launched barrages of rockets into the Jewish state on Wednesday, defying calls for a halt to attacks from the frontrunner to succeed Yasser Arafat.

Abbas Denounces Israel After Tank Fire
Kills 7 Youths

Abbas Denounces Israel After Tank Fire
Kills 7 Youths 01/04/2005 08:49 PM
An Israeli tank fired on a group of Palestinians believed to have been responsible for firing four mortars into Gaza.

Googlerace for the Presidency

Googlerace for the Presidency 11/17/2003 04:25 PM
Googlerace: see how Google ranks your favorite candidate on specific terms, such as economy or Iraq or MetaFilter.

The shopping of the presidency

The shopping of the presidency 02/12/2004 07:41 AM
Thanks to the media, choosing a candidate is quick, cheap 'n' easy!

more than 40% of his presidency on
vacatio

more than 40% of his presidency on
vacatio 04/09/2004 04:08 PM
Powell Calls U.S. Casualties 'Disquieting' .. Dana Milbank and Robin Wright .. Quote of the day

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The Unaccountable Presidency

The Unaccountable Presidency 06/22/2004 12:39 PM

Jack M. Balkin: The Election and the Constitution. In the past three years, the Bush Administration has reinterpreted the Presidency, and hence the constitutional system of checks and balances, in the image of an all-powerful Commander-in-Chief. In its most extreme form, it produces the logic of the OLC torture memo, which asserts that Congress may not interfere in any way with the President-as-Commander-in-Chief, and that all laws and international obligations that might interfere with his decisions as Commander-in-Chief must be construed not to apply to him. This view of Presidential Caesarism (for that is what it is), is accompanied by an obsessive concern for secrecy and avoiding all forms of transparency and accountability.

"more than 40% of his presidency on
vacatio"

"more than 40% of his presidency on
vacatio" 04/10/2004 02:21 AM

Palestinian Abbas Calls Israel 'The
Zionist Enemy' (Reuters)

Palestinian Abbas Calls Israel 'The
Zionist Enemy' (Reuters) 01/04/2005 04:58 AM
Reuters - Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas called Israel "the Zionist enemy" Tuesday, unprecedented language for the relative moderate who is expected to succeed Yasser Arafat.

Iraqi presidency to be approved

Iraqi presidency to be approved 04/05/2005 11:54 PM
Iraq's parliament meets on Wednesday to select a three-man presidency that will appoint the prime minister.

MIT Presidency worse than feared

MIT Presidency worse than feared 08/27/2004 01:40 PM

Catching up on the mail I read through the latest Technology Review, MIT's alumni magazine.  Things are far worse than feared.  One letter calculates the cost of the $283 million new computer science building as $17 million in 1916 dollars.  The main buildings, which are enormous by comparison, were completed in 1916 at a cost of $7 million.

Much more depressing than the backwards slide of the American construction industry in terms of efficiency is an article about Chuck Vest's 14 years running MIT.  The article touches briefly on Vest's achievements in increasing research funds between 1990 and 2003, which sound very impressive due to the lack of inflation-adjustment (the actual increase in 2003 dollars was from $430 million to $472 million).  Nothing having to do with innovation in research or education is mentioned.  If the article is accurate, Vest's major focuses turned out to have been

1. fighting with the Federal Government over MIT's price-fixing arrangement with the Ivy League colleagues.  This agreement was predicted to be illegal by Stanford, which refused to join the cartel, and deemed illegal by a Federal District Court Judge but we ultimately beat the rap in the Court of Appeals (see my tuition-free MIT article for more)
2. studying the extent to which female faculty members had less lab space than male faculty members and whether this was due to discrimination
3. pursuing sex- and race-based discrimination in student admissions and faculty recruitment and promoting such discrimination nationwide in briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court in affirmative action cases

I guess Phil Sharp, the Nobel Prize-winning biologist who turned the job down is feeling pretty good about his decision to stay in the lab.

The only encouraging news in the magazine concerned Erika Ebbel, MIT Class of 2004 in Chemistry, who as Miss Massachusetts will compete in the Miss America pageant on September 18.

Iraqi Council Struggles With Presidency
(AP)

Iraqi Council Struggles With Presidency
(AP) 05/30/2004 04:51 AM
AP - Iraq's Governing Council met Sunday to try to finalize the makeup of the new government to take power June 30, with the post of figurehead president emerging as the main stumbling block to an agreement.

"is "warming" to the idea of a Kerry
presidency"

"is "warming" to the idea of a Kerry
presidency" 03/06/2004 02:05 AM

Deadlock Seen on Presidency in Iraqi
Talks

Deadlock Seen on Presidency in Iraqi
Talks 05/29/2004 04:49 PM
American and U.N. officials and a range of Iraqi leaders all tried on Saturday to complete the formation of the Iraqi government to take over on June 30.

Bakiev to seek Kyrgyz presidency

Bakiev to seek Kyrgyz presidency 03/26/2005 04:12 PM
The interim President of Kyrgyzstan, Kurmanbek Bakiev, says he will stand in new presidential elections.

"ARCHIVES: BILL CLINTON ONLY SENT TWO
EMAILS DURING PRESIDENCY..."

"ARCHIVES: BILL CLINTON ONLY SENT TWO
EMAILS DURING PRESIDENCY..." 01/27/2004 02:55 PM

Separatist seeking Alberta PC party
presidency

Separatist seeking Alberta PC party
presidency 04/24/2004 11:50 AM
Globe and Mail Apr 24 2004 3:46PM GMT

"Fonts, fast boats, and the marketing of
the Presidency"

"Fonts, fast boats, and the marketing of
the Presidency" 09/14/2004 08:27 PM

The Pastiche of a Presidency, Imitating
a Life, in 957 Pages

The Pastiche of a Presidency, Imitating
a Life, in 957 Pages 06/19/2004 01:31 PM
In many ways, the book is a mirror of Bill Clinton's presidency: lack of discipline leading to squandered opportunities.

Pork bellies or the presidency: The
market will choose

Pork bellies or the presidency: The
market will choose 06/29/2004 12:37 AM
Salon Jun 29 2004 4:12AM GMT

Dean Ends Campaign for Presidency
(washingtonpost.com)

Dean Ends Campaign for Presidency
(washingtonpost.com) 02/19/2004 04:29 AM
Dean is out

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Swaying Unhappy Ohio Voters Could Be a
Key to the Presidency

Swaying Unhappy Ohio Voters Could Be a
Key to the Presidency 07/03/2004 01:25 PM
No Republican has won the presidency without carrying Ohio. No surprise, then, that President Bush has visited the state 18 times since 2001.

Pro-Western Leader Wins Serbia
Presidency

Pro-Western Leader Wins Serbia
Presidency 06/27/2004 07:25 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jun 27 2004 10:45PM GMT

"the way Bush got the presidency with
the rise of dictators Mussolini and
Hitler"

"the way Bush got the presidency with
the rise of dictators Mussolini and
Hitler" 06/22/2004 03:37 PM

the way Bush got the presidency with the
rise of dictators Mussolini and Hitler

the way Bush got the presidency with the
rise of dictators Mussolini and Hitler 06/22/2004 05:56 AM
AUDIENCE GASPS AS JUDGE LIKENS ELECTION OF BUSH TO RISE OF IL DUCE .. Guido Calabresi

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Legacy of Reagan's Presidency Now Begins
the Test of Time

Legacy of Reagan's Presidency Now Begins
the Test of Time 06/11/2004 01:48 AM
What will history, with its privileged vantage point far from the heat of partisan battles, conclude about Ronald Reagan?
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