Word: firestorm
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...parody of the late professor Mary Joe Frug's work was published in a spoof edition called the Revue last week and has since prompted a firestorm of criticism, including a sharp attack by Tyler Professor of Constitutional Law Laurence H. Tribe '62 yesterday...
DUKE, you may remember, is the former Ku Klux Klan "Imperial Wizard" who sparked a national firestorm two years ago when he won a seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives. He "shocked" Americans and received hate mail from the Bush White House and Ronald Reagan for running as a Republican...
UNTIL last fall, Harvard had taken few decisive steps toward solving the perennial problem of acquaintance rape on campus. In November, following a firestorm over comments made by members of the College's Administrative Board, a committee was formed to revamp disciplinary procedures and devise a policy on date rape...
Williams' action set off a firestorm of protest among educators and minority leaders, who argued that the scholarships play an important role in providing access to higher education for underrepresented groups...
...aftershocks from the Jubail blast and firestorm are still being felt. Fearful of sabotage, Saudi Aramco, the country's national oil company, has since refused to hire any new Shi'ite workers, who until recently made up 40% of its work force. The company has traditionally been the only major employer in the Eastern province willing to employ Shi'ites and thus has served as an important path of upward mobility. "Shi'ite leaders are trying to convince the powers that be that ((Jubail)) was the act of a few individuals," says a U.S. official. "Unfortunately, the whole community...