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...style of exchange between Jeremy and this office is the same as can be found throughout FAS administration,” said Associate Dean for Administrative Resources Geoffrey Peters. “There is very limited explicit conflict. It is natural for us to leave a decision-making session in agreement and for no one to feel as though anyone has ‘gotten the last word.’ However, if you had watched the discussion, you would have little difficulty in seeing who is the Dean...

Author: By David H. Gellis and Daniel K. Rosenheck, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: No Easy Task | 6/7/2001 | See Source »

...change sexual behavior, through education and counseling, among those already infected. AIDS activists estimate that it would cost $1.3 billion to implement that plan, while the current budget for prevention is only $844 million. That money is often distributed to local officials who refuse to spend it on ads explicit enough to be effective...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Viewpoint: AIDS at 20 | 6/5/2001 | See Source »

...Kong director Yonfan's love story of two women (played by Japan's Rie Miyazawa and Taiwan's Joey Wong) in a Suzhou noble house. The film is so saturated in the sad glamour of their love that style becomes substance. The women don't make their sexual affinity explicit; but one can always feel the breath of the other's erotic interest, and the air goes humid with promise. Seeing Peony Pavilion is like getting high on the opium smoke a beautiful woman exhales as she gazes into your eyes and says, "Maybe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canned Heat | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

...That's what computers are meant for: to manage lots of information, including details as to how consumers want their data used. True, many users, if you were to ask them to actively consent to the use of their data, simply wouldn't bother. The process of making an explicit choice is a burden for customers as well as for merchants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Protecting the Private I | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

...trial. At first, bureau officials blamed the snafu on an outdated computer system, but last week Freeh pointed the finger at his own hand-picked field commanders and middle managers. "I think there is a cultural problem here in not taking seriously the very clear and explicit commands that were given," he told a Senate subcommittee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ashcroft On The Spot | 5/28/2001 | See Source »

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