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...members. The committee found that in both cases the sex had not been coerced. Still, it made the obvious point that "any sexual relationship between a member of the House of Representatives and a congressional page, or any sexual advance by a member to a page, represents a serious breach of duty." Given the "special responsibility" of Congress toward the young, vulnerable pages, said Joseph Califano Jr., special counsel to the committee, which is also probing drug use on the Hill, "only one standard of conduct can be appropriate...
...help is on the way. Authors George Mazzei, 42, and Letitia Baldrige, 56, are stepping into the breach of good taste with two books that offer advice on everything from how to make a strategic retreat after a sexual advance to how to handle hard rock and soft drugs at the office Christmas party...
...also contended that divestiture would impose an excessive financial burden on the University and might "constitute an unlawful breach of trust by those of us who have fiduciary obligations to the University...
...launched a full-scale invasion of East Timor--a small island north of Australia--in 1975, the Indonesians knew they could count on tacit United States support. They felt confident that not only would the U.S. play a role in suppressing discussion at the United Nations for this bistant breach of international law, but also continue its military aid to Indonesia. At the time, the stated purpose of the Indonesian invasion of this Portuguese colony was to "stabilize" it and prevent the allegedly leftist liberation front FRETILIN (a Portuguese acronym) from taking over power after the Portuguese had started...
...surprise than as a confirmation of long-held suspicions. Correspondents often swap stories of intrusions into their telephone calls. They have also noted peculiar mechanical disruptions in the wire transmission of stories that they did not submit to prior censorship because, they contended, the stories did not breach matters of national security...