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...division in the Clinton Administration early in 1993. The characterization of her work as "profoundly anti-democratic" and of Guinier herself as a "Quota Queen" by the press, which led eventually to the President's withdrawl of her nomination, can itself be read as a signal of a "national discomfort with the brute facts of racial injustice." At least, this is the interpretation placed on last year's events both by Stephen L. Carter's foreword to the collection, and by Guinier's specially written introduction. Framed in this way, the book becomes a forum for the public hearing...
...Michigan jury unanimously acquitted Dr. Jack Kevorkian of a criminal charge under a state law prohibiting anyone from assisting in suicides. The jury decided that Kevorkian, who helped a terminally ill man kill himself in 1993, acted only to ease the man's pain and discomfort and not necessarily to end his life, an exception that the law permits. A day later, a federal judge in Seattle struck down a 140-year-old Washington state law against assisted suicide...
Next fall, after renovations, officials saythey will be able to provide better meals toHarvard students--a promise that they hope willmake the present discomfort more bearable...
...David S. Rosenthal '95, director of UHS,suggests that students should avoid keeping theirhands in unusual or even the same positions fortoo long. When typing or even reading, studentstend to find a comfortable position, remain it infor an hour or more, and then get up to findthemselves suffering discomfort...
...pain or discomfort does occur,suggests Katz, students shouldtake a break, and take some over-the-counter painmedicine. But Simmons warns that chronicdiscomfort should not be ignored. Repeatedproblems may call for using wrist splints whentyping...