Word: columbia
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...Columbia, S.C.: South Carolina hasn't been much of a trendsetter on legal or social issues, but it may have started down the path to banning abortion all by itself. In the most aggressive move by any state to grant rights to fetuses, the state's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a mother can be prosecuted for child abuse if she takes drugs during pregnancy. South Carolina's Attorney General Charlie Condon called the ruling a "landmark decision for protecting children" and said he would charge prosecutors and social workers with enforcing the new law. While the ruling is unlikely...
...neighborhood and extended family, then to those in my children's schools, then to youngsters in the wider community. If we can all think of ourselves as casting a stone that makes ripples in a pond, we can make a difference in our Stand for Children. PAULETTE HANSEN Columbia, Missouri...
...followed on by obtaining a master's in English literature from none other than Harvard in 1962. He then turned to medical school, graudating from Columbia...
Jane Mansbridge, a political scientist from Northwestern University, and Dani Rodrik '79, an economist and international affairs expert from Columbia University, will join the faculty this fall. David M. Romer and Christina D. Romer, two economists from the University of California at Berkeley, will come to Cambridge in the fall...
Rodrik said he has been affiliated with the Kennedy School in the past and is fairly familiar with it. During his years at Columbia, he said, the school has been rejuvenated in a number of ways which make it far more desirable to him, leading to his decision to accept Harvard's offer...