Word: departments
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...regional peace accord for southern Africa, which was mediated by the U.S., is expected to require the Cubans to depart within 24 months, possibly starting with a partial pullback behind the 13th parallel. During that time, South Africa will gradually remove its troops from Namibia and permit implementation of the ten-year-old U.N. Resolution 435 calling for the territory's independence. The accord is expected to be signed by the U.S., South Africa, Angola and Cuba at a ceremony in Brazzaville. Though a hopeful start, the accord leaves Angola's underlying dispute unresolved: the tribal conflict that pits some...
...head of President Reagan's Council of Economic Advisers, refused to elaborate on his decision not to seek a job in Washington should Bush win. But he has already taken on spring semester obligations, including advising at least one senior thesis, which make it unlikely he will depart for D.C. at least in the short...
Three winners of the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship (DDRA) will soon depart Harvard for a year of intensive study and travel abroad...
Rachel McDermott, a Ph.D candidate in Religion, will depart on October 1 for Calcutta, India, in the hope of improving Western scholarship on the Bengali goddess, Kali. McDermott said that her investigation will consist of studying the Bengali poetic tradition, especially during the 19th-century, devoted to this deity...
...late and come home late." Associate Editor Stephen Koepp, the story's writer, usually sets his alarm clock for 5:15 a.m. on days when he must fly, so that he can arrive at one of New York City's airports in time for flights that depart by 7 a.m., before runways clog. That strategy allowed him to arrive in Los Angeles three hours before a meeting in Palm Springs. He rented a car and hit the crowded freeways. He missed the meeting by two hours...