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...prosecuting some 50 individuals of the millions who failed to vote in the April plebiscite that confirmed Marcos' strongman powers. What finally persuaded 45 groups throughout the country to organize a unified boycott against Marcos was his refusal to revamp the Commission on Elections. By its power to accredit candidates and rule on cases of voter fraud, the commission can virtually determine the outcome of an election. All eight of its members are Marcos appointees...
Technically, Saunier-Seïté merely announced that the government would not accredit diplomas in the ill-fated programs, but that was enough. In France nationally accredited diplomas account for 90% of graduate degrees-and are the only degrees with prestige in the job market...
Three months ago, another industry-wide supervisory group, the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO), opened for business in Atlanta. This spring, INPO, which is funded by 54 utilities, will begin annual inspections of nuclear plants and intends eventually to set standards and accredit both training programs and instructors for member utilities...
Although the AIP does not accredit schools formally, it does "recognize" professional degree granting programs. In order to receive recognition, the CRP must prove, among other things, that students in the program become acquainted with the physical, social, economic and ecological "process of human settlement," Robert Brown, staff director of the New England River Basins Commission and a member of the National Education Development Committee of AIP, says. Students must also acquire first-hand experience with "the planning process" and the techniques of professional urban and regional planners...
...Bible contains relatively few miracles; mostly they accredit individuals through whom God's promises are carried out: patriarchs, prophets, Jesus. Even very conservative Bible experts will now agree that the crossing of the Red Sea in Exodus can be too literally construed. Study shows that the Israelites apparently crossed the Sea of Reeds, a series of shallow lakes that once lay where the Suez Canal now runs. The high wind noted in Exodus could have made the lakes more easily fordable on foot?but not by the Egyptian chariots. None of that, however, really detracts from the immensity...