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...leaked the letter? Early speculation centered on Richard Perle, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy and the Administration's most ardent critic of arms control. Perle flatly denied that he was the source of the leak. Defense Department officials pointed out that the leaked letter bore Weinberger's nickname signature "Cap," while the copies distributed to Perle and others in the Pentagon were unsigned: the implication was that it was leaked after receipt elsewhere in the Government. A fine point, perhaps, but by week's end Washington insiders were convinced that other players had more motive for mischief...
...petticoat government" was how one 18th century British observer described the workings of the Cherokee Indian tribe. Not only were women influential with the tribal elders, but those who had performed special acts of valor bore an honorific title: Beloved Woman. Despite such enlightened attitudes, no woman has ever headed the Cherokees, the nation's second-largest tribe (after the Navajo), whose 67,000 members live mainly in Oklahoma. That will change when the present Cherokee chief, Ross Swimmer, is confirmed by the Senate as head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. His elected tribal deputy, Wilma Mankiller, 40, will...
...synod's start, Danneels delivered a summary of reports from more than 100 national episcopal conferences and Curia departments, and his presentation of the state of the church was distinctly optimistic. The bishops, said Danneels, embrace "neither pessimism nor resignation nor discouragement," and the first week's discussions bore...
...violated a rule that administrators considered important enough that she had to leave. Yes, it would mean the airing of information about her private life in a forum where everyone she knew and worked with could talk about it together around the breakfast table. But if reported sensitively, it bore the promise of shedding light on a larger issue facing Harvard. The Crimson later wrote a longer piece on the uncertainties in College rules on student-tutor relationships, putting in print the fact that many tutors do not follow these rules...
Ultimately, the Corporation’s statement, offered at the same time Summers released a transcript of his remarks on women in science, bore only the name of Jamie Houghton, who employed the royal...