Word: clearing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...time did any Harvard personnel violate Professor Thiemann's privacy," Rudenstine said in his statement. "The role of technology staff in this matter has been thoroughly reviewed at the most senior levels of the University, and it is very clear that there was nothing inappropriate or invasive about their actions...
...when the Serbs were butchering Kosovar Albanians, they paid Gypsies to clear rubble and dig the graves. The Roma population ? many of whom painted the word "Rom" on their houses ? were also spared by the rampaging Serb paramilitaries. Some individuals are alleged to have played a more actively violent role in the Serb campaign; others to have given the Serbs political support. Other Gypsies actually joined the KLA, although a number have subsequently complained of being forced at gunpoint...
...many as three more senators are putting their weight on the brakes. George Voinovich of Ohio has joined Lott, McConnell and Charles Grassley - the first senator to object - in seeking to hold up Holbrooke's confirmation until their demands are met. While Voinovich's reasons are not yet clear, for McConnell and Lott, the motive was campaign-finance reform ? or, rather, their opposition to it. The two Republicans want to get an Ohio law professor ? who thinks that bans on "soft money" are a violation of free speech ? appointed to fill a GOP vacancy on the board of the Federal...
...ages 12 to 14 say, as most younger kids do, that they would like to spend more time with their parents. The problem, of course, is finding that time, which is at a premium in the increasing number of two-earner households and those headed by single parents. A clear reflection of how families have changed: 41% of the kids sampled said they spend an equal amount of time with both parents. "This is one of our most significant cultural changes," says Dr. Leon Hoffman, who co-directs the Parent Child Center at the New York Psychoanalytic Society. In practice...
Until 1996, U.C. Irvine relied on affirmative action to keep its conscience clear. The programmed trickle of acceptances helped 5% of local Hispanic students get into the U.C. campus. It was politically correct but mostly cosmetic. Stephen Carroll, a senior researcher at the Rand Corp., notes that percentages of blacks and Hispanics on California college campuses actually dropped under the old policy: "I am skeptical that affirmative action accomplished a heck of a lot for minorities." Even defenders concede its faults. "I think it was coming close to leading us to a quota system," says U.C. Irvine chancellor Ralph Cicerone...