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...were highly visible in the David Souter nomination to the Supreme Court. Was that to divert attention from Souter's ties to John Sununu...
...million is growing by 1 million every nine months. Already the people must import 65% of their food, and the situation could grow far worse. The flow of the Nile, Egypt's only major water supply, will be reduced in coming years as upstream neighbors Ethiopia and Sudan divert more of the river's waters. Egypt's only practical course is to brake population growth and reduce the enormous amount of water wasted through inefficient irrigation techniques...
...nude to decry abuse of women, and has been assailed by the conservative syndicated columnists Rowland Evans and Robert Novak. One performance artist who survived the censors' scrutiny, Rachel Rosenthal, said that although she "needed the money badly," she would refuse it in protest. Another, Richard Elovich, vowed to divert some of his $5,000 to artists whose grants were canceled...
...civil rights -- freedom of conscience, freedom of expression, freedom to choose one's country of residence, the openness of society. I have no doubt whatsoever as to the value of defending specific individuals. He assigns only a secondary importance to human rights and fears that concentration on them may divert attention from more important matters...
...meantime, minority activists should not allow the minority hiring crusade to divert them from other pressing issues--issues which do lend themselves to student pressure on the administration and which are susceptible to quick solutions. Specifically, student activists should demand that Harvard immediately eliminate its explicit policy of giving preference in admissions to children of alumni, or "legacies." Legacy status improves an applicant's chances of getting into Harvard by almost three times...