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...Being intoxicated does not diminish a student's responsibility for perpetrating rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct."
...Being intoxicated does not diminish a student's responsibility to adhere to college policy nor permit a student to abdicate his/her responsibilities within that policy...
...receiving in contrast with the Somalian famine, calling it a "rich man's war." While Boutros-Ghali's rage at the lack of action on Somalia is understandable, his statement is reprehensible. As Secretary General, his job is tolead and marshal support for U.N. efforts, not to diminish one tragedy in the face of another. At a time when inspiring leadership is needed at the U.N., Boutros-Ghali has sunk to the level of ridiculous name-calling...
...nearly 11% in Mexico, around 5% in Canada and less than 4% in the U.S. (though duties on products like cocoa, for example, go as high as 20% in Mexico; in Canada tequila is slapped with a 183% duty). More important will be the steps that NAFTA takes to diminish nontariff barriers, such as dairy and cotton quotas in the U.S. and Canada, and various import licenses in Mexico. By rapidly widening the consumer market, the pact aims to spur capital investment across all three jurisdictions. This would be a striking change for Mexico, which has long banned outside ownership...
...article, entitled "Ity-ological Exclusion-ism--The Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations: To Diminish the Quality of Our Common Life?" is part of Peninsula's issue on race at Harvard which was distributed this week...