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...Killip says that Knowles and Taylor put the faculty in a impossible “catch-22” in which Phelan and her colleagues could not confront their accusers or even hear the charges against them, further aggravating an already strained relationship between VES faculty and staff...
...city is officially known, is literally at Hong Kong's border. After immigration, a visitor walks across a narrow bridge spanning a stinking, black canal?the first whiff of something rotten in the air?and steps directly into a city overeager to offer its wares. The first building to confront new arrivals is a six-storied, mirrored monument to China's status as the world's counterfeit capital. Shops display perfect replicas of Armani suits, Gucci handbags, Nike trainers, Rolex watches, Cartier jewelry, as well as racks of pirated videos and discs. Outside, televisions air graphic advertisements for clinics offering...
...Jayne Loader of Quincy House and Professor of Government Roger B. Porter and Ann Porter of Dunster House. We welcome their addition to the Harvard House community. However, the selection of two non-minority House masters, following upon two similar selections last year, forces us to confront the persistent lack of diversity among House Masters. This issue has become especially acute with the departure of Bigelow Professor of Ichthyology Karel F. Liem and Hetty Liem as Masters of Dunster House, leaving the College without any Masters of color. While we are certain that the new Masters will serve their respected...
With a writers’ strike deadline looming at midnight Tuesday, America’s movie and television industries have been forced to confront the legitimate demands of screenwriters for a greater stake in the entertainment business. A different industry merits a new contract, and we support the members Writers’ Guild of America (WGA) in their demands for a fair share of revenues as well as additional credit and creative control. Though the industries have thus far expressed little willingness to compromise, in the interests of consumers and of the many others employed by Hollywood who will...
...West’s insistence on extradition is based on three misconceptions. First, most Western officials who push for Milosevic’s extradition are willing to admit the need for the Serbian people to confront their recent past, but underestimate the extent to which moving the trial to another country undercuts any such attempt. Second, it is argued that moving the trial to the Hague would serve as a deterrent to ethnic violence elsewhere, which is a weak argument indeed; if that were true, the Nuremberg trials should have served as a deterrent to the war criminals...