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...trend shows no sign of slowing. New York City's new schools chancellor, Joel Klein, unveiled last November a tougher disciplinary policy, the linchpin of which is "twilight schools" for disruptive students in each of the city's five boroughs. Klein also plans to increase the number of alternative facilities for the most serious offenders...
Thor L. Halvorssen, chief executive officer of FIRE, wrote in a letter last week to UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor James C. Moeser that the university’s demand on InterVarsity “denies its members the foundational rights of freedom of association, freedom of expression, and the free exercise of religion...
...UNITED NATIONS Old Promises Die Hard The ghost of campaigns Past came back to visit Gerhard Schröder, with Germany taking a seat in the United Nations Security Council just as the body braces for renewed debate over a war against Iraq. Schröder was re-elected Chancellor last fall on a pledge to oppose such a war, which he dubbed a U.S. military "adventure." He has since softened his position, but - aware of overwhelming German opposition to a war - has been cautious about saying so. When the debate comes to the Security Council, however, Schr...
BOTTOM LINES "If anyone here in this hall thinks they would be able to do better, he should do it." GERHARD SCHRÖDER, German Chancellor, whose economy is dragging down the euro zone...
...morbid state of Germany's government wasn't on the agenda last week when Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and French President Jacques Chirac held a working dinner at a castle outside Berlin. Yet, perversely, Schröder's problems could help get relations between Paris and Berlin over a difficult hump. France has been nursing the Continent's most important relationship with a sense of wounded pride for the last few years. Not only did reunification make Germany the bigger partner, but the imminent prospect of a big-bang enlargement of the European Union threatened to put the Germans...