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Last, but certainly not least, there has been a widely publicized feud between the head honcho of the Summer School—Dean of Continuing Education and Extension Michael Shinagel—and a certain Summer School faculty member, Professor Hue Briss. Apparently, Dr. Briss had been taking his students to Red Sox games instead of holding class. Shinagel summoned him to a meeting where it was suggested that perhaps doing one’s job is the best way of doing one’s job. Briss had never been challenged by anyone, ever, about anything, and was extremely...
...mean they might not start bringing back the bombs too." Italy got a disturbing reminder last week that violence is still a key Mafia tool and the female factor doesn't necessarily add up to a kinder, gentler organization. In a small town near Naples, a 30-year feud between rival families of the Camorra crime syndicate led to an explosion of female violence that was unprecedented for the Italian Mob. After exchanging slaps and threats at the local Lauro di Nola beauty parlor last Sunday, several female relatives from the Graziano family cornered a carload of women from...
...world have a choice: "You're either with us, or you're with the terrorists." But by taking a chance for peace that depends on Arafat, the President is acknowledging that the moral absolutism that has worked so well in the war against terror doesn't apply to every feud. The inside story of how Bush decided to wade waist-deep into the Middle East quicksand is the story of a President who is learning that there are few simple choices in foreign policy. So it is with Arafat. "He is a liar and completely untrustworthy," says an Administration official...
...possessions that "it tears them apart." DeShazo suggests that the size of the estate in question doesn't seem to have much bearing on the intensity of the family battle. "The only difference between large and small estates is that a large estate has more funds to fuel the feud. In Texas, judges can order people into mediation, and I do, hoping they can work things out, because once you go to court, there's a winner and a loser, and it's permanent. That never goes away...
...modern society. Each week Abdullah - unusually for a senior prince - spends an hour or two holding a Majlis, a traditional Bedouin form of consultation. Hundreds of grizzled tribesmen compete to press petitions into Abdullah's hand, requesting help in a land dispute, a medical emergency or a blood feud. "Look at how they shout at him," remarked Abdullah's son Prince Mithab during a recent Majlis. "Where else do you see people talking to heads of government like this...