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...moneymaking prospects, however, are cloudy. One cable network, CNBC, has already turned down the ads; several others, including TNT, USA and ESPN, say they have not been approached. Meanwhile, women's groups, Internet users and some Los Angeles disk jockeys have urged a boycott of the video; some have suggested callers tie up the 800 lines. Hoffman, producer of the video, is threatening to take legal steps against anyone who does...
Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic finally got the carrot that brought him to the negotiating table in Dayton when President Bill Clinton officially suspended economic and military sanctions against Yugoslavia on Thursday, ending a three-year boycott of the country. Lifting of sanctions that had crippled his county had been a crucial issue for Milosevic, who in effect promised to deliver the Bosnian Serbs in return for a lifting of sanctions. Key to his decision, Clinton said, were assurances that the U.S. would be able to monitor Serb compliance with the Dayton accords: "Before agreeing to sanctions suspension," Clinton said...
...give us a sense of how to fix this problem, of how to become empowered. The speakers didn't call for sit-ins. They didn't call for the replacement of Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68. They didn't call for a complete alumni boycott of the University's capital campaign in protest. They didn't even call for any specific administrative response to the crisis that precipitated the rally: the hiring of Assistant Dean for Public Service Judith H. Kidd. Instead, they took shots at the administration, reminded Harvard students of how special...
Despite the boycott of the capital campaign and the general anger of Radcliffe alumnae at the slow process, administrators say it is unlikely the coming years will see any dramatic upswing in the tenuring of women...
...token booth by assailants whose attack closely resembled scenes from the studio's latest release, Money Train. The clerk working inside the booth suffered severe burns. G.O.P. presidential contender Bob Dole, who has been campaigning against Hollywood's "pornography of violence," took to the Senate floor to urge a boycott of the film. In the debate about whether the movie inspired the crime, it was almost forgotten that the film scenes were themselves inspired by a series of real-life attacks...