Word: beginnings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...interview. Agents insist that the order is not an indication of impending action by the government. Coupled with preparations made last week to enable agents to cut power inside the compound, the order raises questions about whether the FBI is planning a raid. "If the FBI was about to begin an operation, they'd want the media out for safety reasons," says TIME's Patrick Dawson. "Of course the FBI is not terribly fond of public scrutiny, either." Another possible reason for the withdrawal: Agents may be trying to isolate the Freemen. "I think anyone in there would be nervous...
...exonerated himself." Which is also what Richard Nixon did in 1978 when he made his first university appearance after his resignation at the Oxford Union. Like Simpson, Nixon said his conscience was clear. And like Simpson, the disgraced President hoped a kind and courteous reception in England would begin to turn the tide of public opinion at home. For Nixon, it worked. In Simpson's case, the jury may be out for a very long time...
...feelings. For it does nobody any favors when the nature of science is distorted in the public mind. Paleoanthropology is most emphatically not a business in which a single discovery in some exotic locale will magically answer all our questions--or even any of them. Indeed, the fun really begins only after discoveries have accumulated and we can begin to discern patterns among them...
Fall term classes ordinarily begin the third Monday in September...
...excited by the potential the committee has to make a difference on the campus but are concerned that it may not take as much action as is necessary. It is important that this committee does not just talk and suggest but take action and begin to initiate change on campus as it sees fit. There are many changes to be made, and the campus does not need another committee to just sit and discuss. This committee could make a crucial impact as an important first step in examining the position of women on this campus. We hope it will take...