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Wald, a former assistant secretary of Consumer Affairs for Massachusetts, said she has worked before on the problems of women in the law profession. She plans to use that experience to focus on the problems that women and minorities face at Harvard Law School. She said she also wants to expand the opportunities for students interested in public interest law, since most of her previous work was done in the public sector...
...amid all the fanfare normally reserved for a summit between rival heads of state. On one side stood Roh Tae Woo, head of South Korea's ruling Democratic Justice Party, with a smile seemingly frozen on his face. Beaming just as hard and warmly clasping Roh's hand was Opposition Leader Kim Young Sam. After an extended burst of camera clicking, the longtime antagonists sat down in the National Assembly's VIP restaurant to discuss the business at hand: a proposed amendment to the country's constitution. When they rose from their first substantial meeting nearly three hours later...
Still to be decided, meanwhile, is the main opposition candidate who will face Roh in December. The contenders are Kim, who heads the Reunification Democratic Party, and Kim Dae Jung, the party's chief adviser. Though Kim Dae Jung had initially vowed not to run, he is now sounding out power brokers on whether to enter. The two Kims know that a fight between them could divide their supporters and assure victory for Roh. Says Kim Dae Jung: "All I can say now is that the opposition will come up with a unified candidate and one who will...
...issue that Aquino must quickly face is the fate of 1,000 captured rebels being detained aboard naval vessels in Manila Bay. Participants in the four previous uprisings against her have generally been let off lightly, but U.S. officials are counseling firmness this time. "Heads have to roll," says a Pentagon official. Already the President may be wavering. The government even seemed to be backing off from its earlier order to shoot Honasan on sight. And though she had earlier said the time for reconciliation had passed, last week Aquino almost seemed to be providing alibis for many...
...launched an internal investigation of the stamp switch, and so far there is no indication that the Justice Department has been asked to look into it. But if probers were to find that the nine staffers had illegally converted Government assets for personal use, the workers could face criminal indictment...