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...reason we don't consult the Fellows says Nancy S. Pyle associate director of the MPA program and director of the Mason Fellows program, is because they would never agree on one country. Depending on their own countries and backgrounds they would always want to go to a different choice...
...proctors who did not graduate from Harvard Radcliffe to offer anything more than general advice on course selection. In addition, many proctors who did graduate from Harvard Radcliffe are only familiar with their own concentrations. Mr. Melamed explains that "for concentration advising, students are referred to individual departments to consult experts in their subject. "However, whether it is because freshmen are not actually told of these advising resources or because they are too timid to search out the departments very few actually talk to these advisors who can give more helpful information than the proctor...
...Christian sects, opposition to medicine is sweeping: Herbert W. Armstrong, leader of the Worldwide Church of God, calls vaccines "monkey pus" and likens the use of physicians to worship of pagan gods. Christian Science urges its adherents to conquer illness by prayer, but allows them, if they insist, to consult doctors. Jehovah's Witnesses are forbidden blood transfusions but are allowed other medical procedures. Ironically, because Witnesses are permitted to consult doctors, they have been involved in many legal cases: if the ailing child of a church member requires a transfusion after being hospitalized, a court order is quickly...
...confusion was the scene at Flor Blanca stadium, the only location in San Salvador assigned to voters who had been uprooted by the civil war or who otherwise could not cast ballots in their local towns and villages. To find their proper polling table, voters were required to consult posted lists; few were able to find their names, even with the help of poll officials. As voters wandered back and forth in 100° temperatures, tempers flared. "This shows disrespect for the people," said Antonio Meléndez, a bearded mechanic who spent five hours in the stadium without casting...
...viewed almost exclusively as a domestic issue. When, finally, the embargo was lifted, it came as a sudden action. On April 21, Meese summoned me to the White House and informed me that the embargo would be lifted on Friday, April 24. This left virtually no time to consult with other governments. There was no provision for a decent interval in which our friends and allies could do all the things that are necessary to minimize the political and economic shock. I said we needed more time; to act in such rude haste would undermine the Administration's reputation...