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<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><strong><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>WCFIA/CMES</span></font></b></strong><b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Middle
 East</span></font></b></strong></st1:place><strong><b><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'> Seminar</span></font></b></strong></span></font></b><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'><br>
<strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Lenore G. Martin,
Sara Roy, and Herbert C. Kelman, Co-chairs</span></font></b></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Presents</span></font></b></strong><br>
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</span></font></b><strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>AUGUSTUS
RICHARD NORTON</span></font></b></strong><b><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><br>
</span></font></b><strong><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Professor, International Relations and Anthropology, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Boston</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place></span></font></b></strong><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'><br>
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<strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>And</span></font></b></strong><br>
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</span></font></b><strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>RAMI
G. KHOURI</span></font></b></strong><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><br>
<strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Editor-at-large, </span></font></b></strong><em><i><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>The Daily Star;</span></font></i></em><strong><b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> Director, Issam Fares Institute for
Public Policy and International Affairs, <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">American</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
 w:st="on">Beirut</st1:place></st1:City>.</span></font></b></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>On</span></font></b></strong><br>
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</span></font></b><strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Lebanon&#8217;s
Political Stalemate: A Critical Analysis</span></font></b></strong><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'><br>
<strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Thursday, November
1, 2007</span></font></b></strong><br>
<strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>4:00&#8211;6:00
p.m.</span></font></b></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>The <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Weatherhead</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
 w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> for International Affairs</span></font></b></strong><br>
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><strong><b><font face=Arial><span
  style='font-family:Arial'>1737 Cambridge Street</span></font></b></strong></st1:address></st1:Street><br>
<strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Bowie-Vernon Room
(N262)</span></font></b></strong><br>
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<strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Jointly sponsor<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">ed</st1:PersonName> by the Weatherhead Center for International
Affairs and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University</span></font></b></strong></span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><br>
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The <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Weatherhead</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType>
for International Affairs is locat<st1:PersonName w:st="on">ed</st1:PersonName>
at <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">1737 Cambridge Street</st1:address></st1:Street>,
2nd Floor, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cambridge</st1:City>, <st1:State
 w:st="on">MA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">02138</st1:PostalCode></st1:place>.
For more information about this event, please contact Elizabeth Lawler at
617-495-3816 or elawler@wcfia.harvard.<st1:PersonName w:st="on">ed</st1:PersonName>u<br>
Information on upcoming sessions is available on our website: </span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/seminars/07_middle_east/schedule"><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/seminars/07_middle_east/schedule</span></font></a><br>
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