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Harvard's deans soon will begin hashing out details about the fourth meal. Besides giving substance to the whole "warm and fresh" concept, the deans no doubt also will have to confront the significant challenge of what to name the innovation...

Author: By Martha Ackmann, | Title: A Fourth Meal to Fuel More Work | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

...smokers, one day a year isn't so bad to have to confront the truth: cigarettes kill. "Probably the group with the least amount of people wanting to stop smoking are the teenage and young adult smokers, and that is disturbing for all of us," says Jim R. Giebfried, director of cessation programs in Massachusetts for the American Cancer Society and the Smoker's Quit Line (1-800-TRY-TO-STOP). "Very often college students are in a location where they may be affected by other smokers, like at parties," said Giebfried, a graduate of the Harvard School of Public...

Author: By Adam I. Arenson, | Title: A Smoker's Day of Reckoning | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

...America is a democratic experiment often unwilling to acknowledge its dark side," said West, who is Alphonse Fletcher Jr.University Professor of African-American Studies. "The future depends on our ability to candidly confront social problems of poverty and low quality of life...

Author: By Carol J. Garvan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Professors Push for Progressive Movements | 11/16/1999 | See Source »

Still, the debate quickly returned to sharp retorts. Carville used much of the time to criticize the Republican Party, and Lungren responded by using his history as a member of Congress to outline his beliefs and to confront Carville...

Author: By Imtiyaz H. Delawala, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Carville, Lungren Clash Over Election | 11/12/1999 | See Source »

...opinions on policy were thoughtful but she seemed unwilling or unable to confront any of the serious problems within the high commission on refugees," Yasin said of Ogata's answer to his question...

Author: By Benjamin P. Solomon-schwartz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: UN Refugee Official Urges Peaceful Action | 11/9/1999 | See Source »

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