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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Tenure is not totally safe. You have to conform to the statutes of the University," he says. "[You can be dismissed] if you are academically criminal or [commit] sexual harrassment...

Author: By Caroline T. Nguyen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Losing Tenure: Rare, But Not Impossible | 10/30/1997 | See Source »

Juveniles, and particularly juveniles prone to commit violent crimes, however, are often in some sense less than "fully rational." Our entire distinction between minor and majority status is based on the premise that in general, children and adolescents are too developmentally and experientially immature to make competent judgements on a consistent basis. If we thought children were equally able to make decisions as adults, we would have no justification in denying them access to the polls, employment, R-rated movies, cigarettes or alcohol...

Author: By Merry JEAN Chan, | Title: Giving Up on America's Future | 10/29/1997 | See Source »

...because the car was impounded by another law-enforcement agency. Stone says there is no evidence to prove "beyond a reasonable doubt" that Toole murdered Adam. Both Toole and his close friend, convicted mass murderer Henry Lee Lucas, were notorious, he says, for confessing to crimes they didn't commit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY | 10/27/1997 | See Source »

...Intoxication is associated with every form of adverse social behavior occurring at Harvard: physical violence, sexual assault, disturbance of the peace and other antisocial acts. Students whose judgment has not been impaired by alcohol or drugs rarely commit such offenses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Clarifying the College's Policy on Alcohol | 10/24/1997 | See Source »

...habits of men--Why Men Aren't Intimate, Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus and the curious Smart Women, Foolish Choices. From books, the video moves to those infamous talk show hosts, Sallie, Oprah and Geraldo who have profited from such titles as Men Who Won't Commit and the Women Who Love Them. Each clip shows a different anguished woman confronting the cowering man beside her as the audience yells with glee and Sallie/Oprah/Phil smiles knowingly...

Author: By Kamil E. Redmond, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Defending' Stereotypes | 10/17/1997 | See Source »

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