Word: civilizations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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King Hussein's survival in power for 47 years was the stuff of legend. He foiled scores of coup plots and assassination attempts, prevailed in a civil war and nurtured his impoverished fledgling country into a key regional player despite being surrounded by hostile neighbors. In the end, cancer was the only thing his legendary courage, charisma and political skill were unable to overcome...
...United States attorney's office in Boston is conducting the investigation, which The Crimson has learned could lead to a civil case against Harvard and criminal charges against HIID employees Professor of Economics Andrei Schleifer '82 and legal expert Jonathan...
Harr spoke about the unique opportunity he had in writing "A Civil Action." "I knew journalists rarely got access to this kind of case," he said. "I am not an environmentalist or a zealot about causes...I had no agenda, so that really helped me get access to witnesses...
...afternoon panel, moderated by Bromley Professor of Law Arthur R. Miller, was dominated by the attorneys, as animosity left over from the lawsuit surfaced.The two sides especially disagreed over the movieA Civil Action...
Remember House impeachment prosecutor Henry Hyde and his "youthful indiscretions"? Now comes word that another top Republican, House Majority Whip Tom DeLay, could be sitting on a deposition problem. According to a story reported in the New Republic, DeLay may have been less than completely truthful in a 1994 civil deposition he gave as a defendant in a business lawsuit. The question is whether DeLay correctly indicated how long he served as chairman of Albo Pest Control. DeLay maintains the allegations against him are nothing more than unsubstantiated dirt by his political enemies. "But if it turns out that...