Word: april
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Administrators first floated the possibility of retirement packages for professors in April. The Harvard faculty has grown slowly older since American universities were barred from implementing mandatory retirement ages in 1994. Previously, universities could force professors to retire...
...Report on Harvard House Renewal released in April suggests that Harvard housing should get “as close as possible to making all suites gender neutral...
There’s a catch though—no wi-fi. At least, not yet. According to Joel Azumah, owner of TransportAzumah, “We foresee putting in wi-fi in March or April. We want to make sure we have a group of long-term operators with us, and once they prove they’re reliable, we’ll start putting the equipment on their buses.” So, be sure to charge your iPhone or BlackBerry before the big trip...
Nearly 100 days after Barack Obama entered office, his top White House lawyer, Greg Craig, braced the President's senior advisers for a potentially explosive development. The Administration was preparing to release photographs of suspected terrorists being abused in U.S. custody. On April 16, Craig asked chief of staff Rahm Emanuel to focus on the issue. Emanuel pleaded for more time to bury the release behind other news. (Read "Why Obama Needs to Reveal Even More on Torture...
...lives. He was sentenced to life in prison but President Nixon ordered his sentence reduced; he was eventually released after three years' house arrest (Calley broke his silence on the massacre last August, saying he was "very sorry" for his actions). The last military execution took place in April 1961, when Army Private John Bennett was hanged for rape and attempted murder. There are currently five men on the military's death row at Fort Leavenworth, Kans. (Read a 1971 TIME cover story on William Calley: "Who Shared the Guilt...