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...interview with The Crimson, McGuinness said that as a child, he watched British soldiers commit atrocities against Catholic citizens. According to McGuinness, this drove him to work for the Nationalist cause...

Author: By Jenny E. Heller, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sinn Fein Chief Negotiator Blames British Government for Strife in Northern Ireland | 11/17/1997 | See Source »

Kastelnik conceded, however, that a security firm that Cardinal retained at one time did commit various rights violations and that Cardinal dismissed them as soon as it learned of their behavior. The security firm named on the students' flyer did not do anything wrong, she said...

Author: By Joshua E. Gewolb, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Student Activists Prohibited From Distributing Leaflets at HBS | 11/7/1997 | See Source »

...Letter to the Editor, Oct. 24). However, in outlining the policy, the deans, perhaps inadvertantly, have made an illadvised statement concerning sexual violence. They write that sexual assault is one of a number of offenses that "[s]tudents whose judgement has not been impaired by alcohol or drugs rarely commit." This statement has the regrettable effect of marginalizing the experience of individuals whose attackers were completely sober. Disturbingly, it also may potentially help to convince some survivors of sexual assault that, since the attacker was not drunk, it must not have been sexual assault in the first place. While...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sexual Assault Not Contingent on Alcohol | 11/3/1997 | See Source »

...conviction, in an attempt to avoid a death sentence. But proving such a defense is difficult. Instead of arguing that he was insane, Kaczynski's lawyers seem to be planning a defense that he suffered from a mental defect that impaired his ability to form an intent to commit the crimes. Nevertheless, as far as his old neighbors seem to think, Ted Kaczynski, the former math professor, was gentle, soft-spoken and painfully shy. Last Friday Kaczynski's lawyers said he was refusing to submit to court-ordered psychiatric testing at the federal prison in Dublin, Calif., where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TED KACZYNSK'S NOT CRAZY, HE'S OUR NEIGHBOR | 11/3/1997 | See Source »

...Taiwan, Jiang responded with similar conviction, saying, "We do not commit to renounce the use of force, but this is not directed at the compatriots in Taiwan...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: President's Visit to U.S. Highlights the Birthplaces of American Democracy | 10/31/1997 | See Source »

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