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...forecasts Princeton, which finished second in the nation last year, as the team to beat. The Tigers did not graduate anyone from last year and boast goalie Gia Fruscione. Amy MacFarlane, who played on the Canadian national team and earned All-Ivy honors, Kathleen Kelly and Kirsty Hale all bolster Princeton, which is strong up the middle...
...bolster its solar-observing efforts, NASA last week launched another solar satellite--this one to measure the properties of the high-energy particles ("solar wind") blowing out from the star. That was good news to many scientists who feared that, for budget reasons, the space agency might pull the plug on its existing solar observatory. "One way or another, we will keep it operating," vows NASA official George Withbroe. A good thing too, since solar storms are expected to reach another peak in the year 2000 or 2001. Stay tuned--if your power remains...
...corporations. According to documents Thompson and Arent Fox filed with the Department of Justice, Thompson's duties included lobbying for Haitian President JEAN-BERTRAND ARISTIDE, who hired Arent Fox in October 1991 shortly after his government was overthrown by a military coup. As the firm lobbied U.S. officials to bolster support for Aristide's return to power, Thompson pitched in by calling JOHN SUNUNU, chief of staff for the Bush White House, to discuss Aristide's case. TOM DAFFRON, Thompson's chief of staff, says there is absolutely, totally, nothing similar between foreign governments seeking to influence U.S. policy...
Mayor of Cambridge Sheila Doyle Russell spoke of the need to fight hunger around the world in order to achieve "full realization of humanity's potential." Robinson will bolster the fight against hunger when she assumes her new post as United Nations high commissioner for human rights, Russell said...
...already: the Socialists last week asked to revise the rules for launching Europe's single currency--the euro--a move that could delay or even scuttle the project. The leftist government also announced plans to consider granting residency permits to thousands of illegal immigrants, fueling resentment that may further bolster the Front's support. Meanwhile, infighting among defeated conservatives may lead some factions to break a longstanding taboo by allying with Le Pen's movement. As it is, the party is now the third biggest vote getter, after the Socialists and Gaullists...