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...whites make the Dean's List (Groups I and II), while less than half of the Black and Latino students achieve the same distinction. The handful of "experts" and students asked to comment on these figures gave three reasons for the discrepancies: first, that minorities are forced to commit so much time working on race-relations that they have less time to study; second, that different ethnic groups are subjected to different family and social pressures that influence their motivation to achieve academically; and third, that the superior performance of Asians and whites reflects their socio-economic advantage...
...life. Reno had to balance conflicting reports about whether the Davidians were prepared for a mass suicide, the one finale she hoped to avoid at all costs. Four times negotiators asked if Koresh planned to kill himself, and four times he denied them. "If I wanted to commit suicide," he told them, "I would have done that a long time ago." Agents pointed out that Koresh had backed away from the brink before. On March 2, when he was supposed to surrender, he arranged to strap grenades to his body, come out and blow himself up in front...
...paralysis afflicting the current Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the most ambitious of the eight rounds since the talks began in 1947, may be a sign of the Clinton administration's ambivalence toward free trade. The unwillingness of the United States to commit itself to the multilateral trade talks, its labyrinthine administrative procedures and its inefficient mechanisms for gaining consensus all contribute to the need for a drastic overhaul of the system. Regional alternatives to the multilateral negotiations such as the North American Free Trade Agreement and the European Community are being presented...
...similar chemical variation appears to exist in humans. Studies at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism conclude that men who commit impulsive crimes, such as murdering strangers, have low amounts of serotonin. Men convicted of premeditated violence, however, show normal levels. As for aggressive behavior in women, some researchers speculate that it might be tied to a drop in serotonin level that normally occurs just before the menstrual period. Drugs that increase serotonin, researchers suggest, may make people less violent...
Porter tallied twice, but he did it with an illegal stick. The Kirkland junior got nabbed for having an extra-deep pocket at 15:00 of the fourth quarter. Harvard collected just four more penalties in the conetst. The Crimson did not commit any during the first period but had three in the final 15 minutes of the game, including two back-to-back fouls for holding and slashing. Adelphi only converted one of the extra-man opportunities, however. HARVARD, 13-8 at Garden City, NY Adelphi 0 2 3 3 -- 8 Harvard...