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...idea is in the air. With America's armed forces stretched thin around the globe and its sandblasted soldiers grumbling that they want to go home, why not share the burden of bringing security to Iraq? In the White House Rose Garden last week, President Bush urged other nations to contribute "militarily and financially" toward creating a "free and secure Iraq." The Administration seems to think that it can get such help without a new U.N. Security Council resolution. But don't count on it. Under Security Council Resolution 1483, legal authority in Iraq is held...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looking For Help In The Wrong Place | 8/4/2003 | See Source »

...addition to facilitating academic planning on this broader level, Tatar and others said the new divisional heads will help bridge the gap between professors and administration while also relieving some of the burden of a taxed dean of the faculty...

Author: By Simon W. Vozick-levinson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kirby Appoints Divisional Deans | 8/1/2003 | See Source »

Both Narayanamurti and Tatar said they were ready to shoulder their share of such an outsized burden...

Author: By Simon W. Vozick-levinson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kirby Appoints Divisional Deans | 8/1/2003 | See Source »

Leaman’s recruiting abilities and experience mixing athletics and academics at Harvard is something that likely appealed to Union, a small school with a strong academic reputation relative to other ECAC teams. But with a lack of scholarships comes a burden the new coach must bear...

Author: By Timothy M. Mcdonald, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Union Nabs Crimson Men's Hockey Coach | 8/1/2003 | See Source »

...thought provoking and well written. Twenty years ago, I became only the second woman to be an administrator in the University of Missouri system office. Although I really didn't want to carry the banner for women, it was expected. Bacon was right: it can be a heavy burden when all you really want is to get on with the job at hand. It's a difficult balancing act to be seen as an advocate for one group without being perceived as a foe of another. I look forward to the day when race and sex are neutral descriptors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 7/28/2003 | See Source »

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