Word: assistant
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Rape crisis centers usually have counselors on call 24 hours a day. They stay with the victim during the medical exam and assist her with the police report. Reporting the rape is important both to put repeat offenders in jail and for therapy. "It's getting back," says Gail Abarbanel, director of the Santa Monica (Calif.) Rape Treatment Center. "To discourage women from reporting is a bad message that implies the victim had a role in the rape...
...neighboring Sudan, two U.S. AWACS were ready to assist the French if the fighting resumed. There was also evidence that France was prepared to bring in its own planes if the Libyans should attack. Four French Jaguar fighter-bombers were standing by in the Central African Republic's capital of Bangui, 600 miles south of N'Djamena, along with two aerial tankers that would enable the Jaguars to be refueled in midair...
These arguments are vulnerable on several counts. To begin with. Harvard does not guarantee and to meet the needs of all who are admitted. The prevailing policy is to assist students only after they have taken advantage of other recognized forms of financial support, including federal and. Thus, students who prefer to be independent, rather than accept the funds their family can afford to give them, cannot expect to obtain assistance from Harvard to replace parental support. Nor can they look to the University to meet their needs if they negligently fail to make timely application to the federal government...
Thursday. The President signed an Executive Order calling upon each federal agency with substantial procurement and grant-making authority to develop annual plans to assist minority businesses...
...students are uncertain about what measures the United States or Harvard can realistically take. Benatar says that the most important thing for South African Blacks is increased education, a natural area for Harvard to assist in. "The illiteracy problem has to be dealt with on a more personal level. For people to go down there and try to educate Blacks on an individual basis would have far greater positive effects than just turning the screws," she says, adding "rather than divest. Harvard should investigate ways in which it can further aid in the education of South African Blacks...