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...California schools should be applauded for their decision to seek a new, alternative test. Although there is a need for a standardized aptitude test in the college admissions process, the SAT is far from the ideal exam. Some admissions offices have more resources than others, but to the extent possible, college admissions staff should de-emphasize the influence of the SAT and instead focus on more enlightening, individualized means of evaluation...
...extent to which Sharon has personalized the showdown means that if Arafat simply manages to survive the siege of Ramallah, he'll proclaim it as vindication of his defiance - an outcome intolerable to Sharon. The Bush administration will also want to avoid appearing to reward Arafat's refusal to act against terrorists, but at the same time it wants to prevent the collapse of the Palestinian Authority and broker a cease-fire. That will be extremely difficult to achieve without Arafat's political authority, and that may be why Bush's comments on Arafat sounded like a final warning. Still...
...since most buildings have been endowed by alumni for specific purposes, renovating them or changing their function may not be possible, Friedson said. He said administrators are currently consulting alumni to determine the extent of flexibility FAS will have in altering athletic buildings...
Many of us may have just awakened to the stunning extent of priestly pedophilia since January, when the Boston Globe exposed the predations of John Geoghan and the habit the diocese had of systematically concealing them. But the U.S. church has known all about it--how deep sexual misconduct ran, how widespread, how frequent--at least since the first big abuse scandal broke at a Louisiana trial in 1985, when the Rev. Gilbert Gauthe was sentenced to 20 years for molesting dozens of children, who were awarded a combined $18 million in damages...
...files, and an index of the dossiers has been obtained by TIME. The papers reveal scandalous material on various underlings in the Fatah leadership, including evidence of adultery by one Fatah chief and wild partying by a middle-aged member of the Palestinian Cabinet. The cache shows the extent of intrigue in the Fatah leadership, with members collecting dirt on potential rivals for power. Another bonus for the Israelis: lists of Palestinian agents living and working in East Jerusalem, which is under Israeli control. Israeli intelligence sources say they've already used the list to make arrests...