Word: electivity
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...Harvard Corporation to divest fully from oil companies that continue to invest in Nigeria. In doing so, they will send an unmistakable message that Harvard recognizes the sanctity of human life and the importance of freedom. Ethan M. Tucker '97 Chair, Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel Devid J. Andorsky '97 Chair-Elect. Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel
...presidential election, when rising crime was an issue, Willie Horton became the wanted-poster child who helped elect George Bush. In 1992 Bill Clinton neutralized the Republican advantage by positioning himself as a tough-on-crime Democrat who favored the death penalty and would put 100,000 new police officers on the streets. In an interview with Time, Clinton said last week that the country has embarked on a historic change: "What's happening now across America essentially closes the door on an era that began with the murder of Kitty Genovese 30 years ago." In that milestone episode...
...have delivered big time," says Bratton, standing to address his Comstat managers. He reminds them that when he was hired away from the Boston Police Department in January 1994 by Mayor-elect Rudolph Giuliani, who had made crime and quality of life his major campaign themes, Bratton had asked for an immediate 10% decrease in crime (the request was met with derision and disbelief). "In the end, we got 12%," he notes. "In 1995 I raised the bar to a 15% reduction, and you gave me 17. Last year you accounted for 60% of the national crime decline--all from...
ATHENS: Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou resigend his post Monday after two months in the hospital for pneumonia and heart trouble, each day of which created new speculation that he was near death. Under its constitution, the ruling socialist party now has three days to elect a new premier. The top contenders for his post are two economists, Defense Minister Gerasimos Arsenis and former Industry Minister Costas Simitis. The 76-year-old Papandreou, who has been on and off life support, reportedly signed the resignation from his hospital bed in Athens. He did not quit as head of the party...
...Basically, it's my feeling...that the current administrative structure is broken," Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) President-elect Andrew J. Ehrlich '96-'97 said last month, adding that only through a change in management would the organization regain partial autonomy...