Word: bans
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...statement shows its disrespect for a military that has kept it not only safe but detached from its dangerous work, and in addition, shows its utter lack of understanding of the issues that are involved in the consideration of homosexuals in the military. When it lift its ban, then they will be making a statement that is worthy to be attached to their name. E. DAVIS WALKER...
Harvard's stance on discrimination in the U.S. military is about to effect its pocketbook. Under the provisions of the Solomon Amendment, this fiscal year Harvard Law School (HLS) stands to lose almost $1 million in federal grants due to its ban on military recruitment at its Office of Career Services (OCS). The ban, which exists because of the military's policy regarding homosexuals, is an important measure of protest that HLS should uphold. The loss of funding with which the law school is threatened is an act of aggressive financial coercion which inappropriately ties scholarship money to the school...
Then came the next twist. A day later, the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that because there was no formal agreement between the I.O.C. and the I.S.F. to ban marijuana outright, the I.O.C. could not legally strip Rebagliati of his medal. I.O.C. medical guidelines, which ban everything from cocaine to some cold remedies, qualify marijuana as "restricted" and a substance to be used "cautiously," while I.S.F. rules name pot as a prohibited drug. Said the panel: "We cannot invent prohibitions or sanctions where none appear...
...maintaining its ban on military recruitment at its Office of Career Services (OCS), Harvard Law School (HLS) now stands to lose almost a $1 million in federal grants...
...Headless Mice...and Men" [ESSAY, Jan. 19], Charles Krauthammer wrote that "Congress should ban human cloning now. Totally. And...the deliberate creation of headless humans must be made a crime, indeed a capital crime." May I (facetiously?) suggest a capital punishment for this "capital crime"? How about...decapitation? ALAIN PIETTE Brussels...