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...desire to dismiss the absurd and spurious charges against James O. Freedman '57, president of Dartmouth College, without retort is compelling. The fear that a single uninformed reader may believe what was quoted necessitates this response...
...Recreation" might also be a rubric for our reflection, in as much as the way we choose to relax offers a pretty reliable index to the activities of our minds. I am shocked how quickly many Harvard students choose to dismiss the themes of classroom discussion from their minds as they shift gears to relax...
Although U.S. officials believe Iraq does not pose an imminent nuclear threat, they do not necessarily dismiss the wisdom of a continuing technological embargo and even a military strike to deter Saddam's atomic program before it gets much further. They argue that the reckless Iraqi leader might use or threaten to use nuclear weapons if he ever obtains them. But an attack to prevent this, says an Administration official, would be a "preventative war, not a pre-emptive one. It doesn't explain why you go to war this month as opposed to six months from...
Before the students' suit is even heard by a judge and jury, the court must recognize that the students have been harmed by the alleged discriminatory hiring practices. It is possible that Harvard will file for a motion to dismiss the case, although both Gould and Bonifaz agree that precedent does exist for hearing similar suits...
...would ever face a verdict in a U.S. court. The government last week found itself floundering even further in its bid to convict Noriega of allowing Panama to be used for drug shipments by the Colombian cocaine cartel. During his hearing, Noriega's three attorneys sought to have Hoeveler dismiss the case on the basis of government misconduct, including the alleged illegal taping of Noriega's telephone conversations with his lawyers from his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center near Miami. Said attorney Frank Rubino: "The quality and degree of the government's crimes is unlike anything seen since Watergate...