Word: bans
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...federal government is easing its ban on giving security clearances to gays, according to a Congressional General Accounting Office report. Federal agencies for years had denied such clearances to homosexuals on the assumption that all gays were at risk of being blackmailed. The GAO said today that it reviewed records for contractors and civilians from eight agencies and found homosexuality was no longer a criterion for granting security clearances. Six of those agencies have written policies that prohibit asking clearance applicants about their sexual orientation. The Defense Department and the Secret Service said sexual orientation is no longer a criterion...
After all, the ban is fairly loose for Science A and B. Biogical Sciences 1 and 2 each satisfy the requirement for Science B, while Chemistry 5, 7, or 10 may be substituted for a Science A class. Moreover, a four or five on an AP biology exam exempts a student from a Science B, while the chemical science APs do likewise for Science A. And yet, for a 5 on the AP English exam one is merely patted on the back and receives nothing towards credit for the Literature and Arts requirements. The Core is much more protective...
...Justice," for it includes it among its government classes. As a government concentrator who has sat through both the aforementioned Core and government department courses, I too fail to see this distinguishable "approach." Therefore, members of the Faculty of the Committee on the Core Program, either loosen the ban on departmental classes or make more apparent this distinct "approach to knowledge" the Core claims to instill...
...controlling the country and crushing the rebellion, the government has batted aside the offer of an olive branch. Under a conference sponsored by the Roman Catholic Church in Rome two months ago, the F.I.S. actually agreed to renounce violence. But fearful that the plan's provision for lifting the ban on the F.I.S. and barring the army from politics would pave the way for an Islamic republic, government hard-liners rejected the proposal, condemning the conference participants for "washing Algeria's dirty linen abroad...
...Crimson's support of the proposal before the Cambridge City Council that would eventually ban smoking in the city's restaurants bases that support on the consideration of public health (staff editorial, Feb. 28). There is evidence, however, that the case against smoking is exaggerated...