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...Knowles has seconded Lewis' conclusion that Harvard students are owed "the best education we can provide." Knowles and Lewis must take the lead in pressuring failing departments (through repeated public criticism as well as the FAS budgetary process) to change their policies. The Faculty and administration can also assist the departments by seeking out tenure candidates who are willing and eager to advise students, not merely to hide themselves away in libraries and labs. But we reiterate that departments need not wait on the tenure process to fix their advising systems; past failures in advising can no longer be tolerated...
...According to a 1997 confidential memo released by Rich's lawyers, top Israeli authorities had tried to get the State Department in 1995 to ease the worldwide manhunt for Rich. Why? Rich had promised Israel to financially assist its economic development projects with Jordan and the Palestinian Authority. The Israelis claimed that if Rich couldn't travel freely in the region, without fear of extradition to the United States, the Jewish state would suffer. Israel and Switzerland, where Rich was based, were two places he could move without risk...
...never heard "tort reform" escape Bill Clinton's lips. But this is George W. Bush we're talking about, friend and beneficiary of Big Oil and Big Cigarette alike. He's seeing these billions of dollars flow out of Philip Morris' vaults into trial lawyers' pockets, with an assist from the Clinton Justice Department, and he has an idea where the next stop will be: Democratic party coffers. Bush means to start intercepting those installments and send the money back to the states instead...
...overtime, Suurkask was once again the unheralded hero. With Shewchuk in the box, Suurkask fed Botterill for the long breakout pass that resulted in the game winner. She did not pick up an assist on the play but was still instrumental in setting up Botterill...
...women keep their families together. Many women who lose their husbands to AIDS have no way to make a living. These kits give them loans and training so they can start their businesses, enabling them to care for their own children and any orphans they take in. Our goal: assist 240 women to help 1,440 children...