Word: conflict
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Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III this week was sworn in as the newest member of the Massachusetts State Ethics Committee, the five member body charged with over seeing state conflict of interest laws...
...kind of service one always hopes to provide," Epps said. "It will allow me to contribute to the state and society which gives so much to us." The body is charged with making sure that public officials do not violate conflict of interest laws for personal gain...
...past, Epps has scrutinized public officials as a member of the state Judicial Conduct Commission, which oversees the conduct of state judges. "I hope to draw on that experience," Epps said. He added that in his new post he hopes to boost public awareness of conflict of interest laws...
Epps said he did not think the appointment would conflict with his responsibilities at Harvard. "I talked it over with President [Derek C.] Bok and Dean [of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences A. Michael] Spence before I acceptedit," Epps said. "They seemed to be happy aboutit...
Shipler constructs a matrix of allegedly analogous abuses of Arabs and Jews by each other. The book begins with four chapters on the forces Shipler says drive the Arab-Israeli conflict: war, nationalism, terrorism and religous absolutism. Now one of the strong points of the book is its unscholarly nature. It's the work of a talented and sensitive reporter, not of an academic. Still, the lack of rigor in his argument is astounding. What's especially disturbing is Shipler's imbalanced cast of characters. He introduces the reader, with few exceptions, to radical Israelis and "moderate" Palestinians...