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...Corporation also added that at the meeting,Bell "would not commit to returning to Harvard"even if granted a third year on leave...
...will stop college and university police departments from claiming that law enforcement records about students are actually educational records, which must be kept private under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. Some college police departments have been using that tactic to hide public information about students who commit crimes...
...because shell-shocked consumers are fearful of losing their jobs and are thus reluctant to spend. "The insecurity keeps everyone in limbo," says Audrey Freedman, president of the Manpower Plus consulting firm. "No matter what the mortgage rate is, people don't want to buy houses, trade up or commit funds. I think we're entering a decade or more in which the standard of living is not going to grow...
...Taking care of your own kind first" is one of the great dilemmas of modern politics. While a national leader has a mandate to protect the interests of his constituents, he and his country risk appearing selfish if they refuse to intervene when foreign powers commit atrocities or start unjust wars...
...from which relief supplies might be sent overland. Mitterrand, says the official, refused because that might expose the 250 French soldiers flown into Sarajevo airport last week to Serbian reprisals. White House officials snort that Bush proposed no such thing. But the story illustrates the unwillingness of Europeans to commit ground troops unless American G.I.s share the risks...