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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Berkowitz, a fact that was known or should have been known to those selecting them; and some of the 'new' experts/panelists were of an age and academic station that should have disqualified them as competitors for the position Professor Berkowitz sought or at least presented the appearance of a conflict of interest in that regard...

Author: By Joshua A. Kaufman, | Title: Berkowitz v. Harvard | 1/12/1998 | See Source »

...Committee, which fails to mention Thompson, as follows: "One: Dennis Thompson is sufficiently antagonistic to Peter [Berkowitz] that he formally declared himself not to be a witness in the process, yet he had a deep influence on the outcome. Two: the President should have known that it was a conflict. The ad hoc process at Harvard was rigged to be a hanging jury. Three: Dennis Thompson has a great influence as a friend of Neil Rudenstine. His wife, Carol, works in the office that puts as hoc panels together." Carol J. Thompson, associate dean of FAS for academic affairs...

Author: By Joshua A. Kaufman, | Title: Berkowitz v. Harvard | 1/12/1998 | See Source »

...feeling in the region is they?d prefer to see things calm down despite Iraq possessing biological weapons, rather than allow those weapons to become the reason for further conflict,? says Dowell. Which means the outcome of the present standoff may be even more inconclusive than the resolution of the Gulf War itself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gulf Crisis: No Way Out? | 12/16/1997 | See Source »

Carlesimo has had trouble with his players at every stop in his coaching path, and is infamous for his profanity-strewn screaming sessions. Sprewell dated his conflict with Carlesimo to a Nov. 9 blow-up during a game against the Los Angeles Lakers. He told the San Francisco Chronicle, "The first time we got into it, I said, 'Don't talk to me like that. If you have to talk to me, talk to me like a man." No doubt Spree for Three complained of a lack of respect from Carlesimo partly because the stuffy white guy and corn-rowed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BASKETBALL: TALL MEN BEHAVING BADLY | 12/15/1997 | See Source »

...disappointed by your portrayal of President Clinton and Saddam on your cover. The juxtaposition of Clinton and a maniacal-looking Saddam panders to a comic-book view of the crisis. I pray for a day when conflict can be handled with maturity and restraint, and we can finally leave the "boys-with-big-guns" attitude behind us. DAVID BESTWICK-SATTERLEE Philadelphia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 15, 1997 | 12/15/1997 | See Source »

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