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Some freaked-out colleges (and some not so weird, like Wellesley) seem to have realized this, and employ an alternative method to combat cheating--the "honor code" method. In this system, there are no "proctors"--just a room of test takers...

Author: By Jeffrey S. Nordhaus, | Title: Let the Games Begin | 8/18/1987 | See Source »

...late, the more progressive-minded politicans have been rushing to employ the states rights defense, and, consequently, conservatives have found themselves in the unusual position of upholding the federal government's right to make important decisions...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: The Left's Adoption of States' Rights | 8/7/1987 | See Source »

...began to map plans to put the finding into operation; so far, nothing much seems to have come of those plans, but the way North used the memorandum of notification, says one source ^ who worked with him, "really explains Ollie's rise to prominence." Watching the gung-ho Marine employ such methods made at least some of his colleagues uneasy. "Oliver North is going to get the President in real trouble," an NSC aide told a friend two years ago. Last year, before the Iran-contra scandal became public, the aide repeated the warning: "Just remember -- it's going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oliver North's Turn | 7/13/1987 | See Source »

Toshiba will be hard hit by the ban if it becomes law. The Japanese conglomerate last year exported to the U.S. $1.7 billion worth of VCRs, home computers and semiconductors, among other goods. Congressional sanctions might spark a wave of layoffs at the firm's U.S. subsidiaries, which employ 4,500 workers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making Amends: Top Toshiba executives resign | 7/13/1987 | See Source »

...First Amendment's ban on laws "respecting an establishment of religion." He found that creation science "embodies the religious belief that a supernatural creator was responsible for the creation of humankind." Therefore, he concluded, the statute's mandate that it be taught "advances a religious doctrine" and "seeks to employ the symbolic and financial support of government to achieve a religious purpose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Memories of The Monkey Trial | 6/29/1987 | See Source »

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