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...meeting brought the tensions between workers and the complaints of students to the forefront and provided a framework within which DeMelo could implement changes she had already been considering...
...squeezing Kim. Another is the relative dearth of a political consensus on North Korean human rights in the United States. According to Liang-Fenton, “It’s been largely an issue for the right-of-center groups.” Republicans have been at the forefront, she says, while the response of Democrats has been “disappointing...
However, an aging Faculty does admittedly present challenges. Some senior professors may no longer be at the forefront of research, and with office and research space scarce across Harvard—especially in the sciences where lab space is increasingly expensive and specialized—departments will have a tough time prioritizing resources appropriately. Furthermore, expanding the Faculty will become ever more vital as the demography of the Faculty becomes increasingly dominated by older members. Harvard should look within its own ranks and tenure more junior faculty, who are already familiar with the University and its students. Many non-tenured...
With the issue of gay marriage at the forefront of Massachusetts politics, Jackson said he supported full rights for homosexuals but objected to comparisons with the African-American Civil Rights Movement...
...their strongest political advocates. Sen. Richard C. Shelby, R-Ala., a recipient of over $74,000 of auto industry donations from 1995 to 2000, led the fight against new rollover potential ratings for SUVs: a cause he dropped only after the Firestone-Ford debacle brought rollover tragedies to the forefront. When the House was still considering whether to fund the Justice Department’s lawsuit against the tobacco companies in 2000, the 207 House members who voted to block this funding received an average of five times more money from the tobacco companies in the last two election cycles...