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...health services, representing about 15 percent of all appointments in those departments. As a result, many students who need to use these services often have to wait longer to find an appointment. Fortunately, UHS officials have come up with a smart idea to the combat the problem: charge the AWOL students. According to UHS Director David S. Rosenthal ’59, students who miss their scheduled appoints will be assessed a $10 fee. We hope that this charge will be sufficient to deter students from skipping out on their appointments, or at least encourage students to call...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: A Rich Incentive | 9/28/2006 | See Source »

...anyone who says that nothing can be done to speed a secure peace doesn't understand America." Yeah, but America is a less disciplined place than it was 50 years ago, and speeding a secure peace requires some focus from a country-and an Administration-that is largely awol on Iraq. Webb is consumed by the war, in part because his son Jimmy is a Marine lance corporal deployed in Ramadi, in al-Anbar province, the heart of the Sunni insurgency. He has worn Jimmy's combat boots every step of the way in this campaign, and last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq? Who Cares! Say, Is Your Mom Jewish? | 9/24/2006 | See Source »

...week ago, Europe appeared on the verge of going AWOL in a moment of need. When did you realize Italy had to take the lead on Lebanon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Filling the Peacekeeping Vacuum | 8/26/2006 | See Source »

...Lawrence House a year ago, leaving behind his checkbook and credit cards but no note for his family. Police assume that he is alive and getting his Social Security checks at a new address. Under the Federal Privacy Act, Social Security officials are not allowed to divulge information on AWOL oldsters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: The New Runaways: Old Folks | 7/12/2006 | See Source »

...there is to be no electronic interference with true belief. Grandpa is a blind veteran of various Israeli wars and keeps a loaded gun handy in case the enemy decides to storm their apartment. Mom (the divine Norma Aleandro) desperately pretends that everyone is normal, and Dad is simply AWOL...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Schickel on Movies: An Israeli-Palestinian farce. Really | 6/16/2006 | See Source »

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