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...declined to comment on the content of the memo to Kirby, and said he hoped all students who received it would destroy the e-mail...
...will have absolutely no comment on the content of that e-mail, and I will repeat to you that any recipient of that e-mail should destroy it immediately,” he said. “I would think that students at Harvard would adhere to the same guidelines [for educational privacy]...This is protection of student records; this is in their interest...
...June when he gave a speech declaring his support for the creation of a Palestinian state. But that support came with a catch: a change in Palestinian leadership. Critics charged that this was just a convenient excuse for doing nothing. Over the past two years the Administration has been content to stand by as Palestinian militias continued to take a heavy toll with suicide bombs and Israel launched a full-scale invasion of Palestinian towns in the West Bank. But Bush's aides argue that disengagement was a strategy designed to force changes in the Palestinian Authority. Only when...
...work force. Today's bottom-lining CEOs outsource work to whichever country is paying workers the least. The U.S. cannot employ protectionism for fear of world trade sanctions. But in this case, citizens have more power than government. What this country needs is an "American content" rule requiring every product sold in the U.S. to state the percentage of domestic manufacture, just as food products provide nutritional information. The American consumer needs a way to police the shortsighted avarice of its corporations. THOMAS PETIET Ann Arbor, Mich...
...Although more than 30,000 copies of Megaloblast have been sold, Koil says it is content with its niche following. Other Indonesian rock acts, however, inspired in part by Koil, are going straight for the mainstream jugular. Punk rockabilly act Superman Is Dead, Bali's best-known group, has just signed with Sony. Stoner-rock quartet Seringai is also gearing up for its own debut on disc. All these acts are representative of an underground scene that is creating a new market while stomping on the tradition of bland love songs, which dominates the country's radio playlists and karaoke...