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...peace deal. "Washington's ability to control the situation is waning as pressure mounts for a deal," says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell. "Even among countries that have supported NATO's objectives, there's a growing lack of faith in the present U.S. administration's grasp of diplomacy and war." With nobody planning a fight to the finish, the battle is now to win the peace...
Just as important as helping a child with his uniqueness is affirming his current family ties. Unlike biological families, in which a child can see resemblances and grasp a genealogical connection, families formed by adoption have to take special steps to make a child feel secure. This can range from reaching out to religious leaders and extended family in order to help reaffirm the adopted child's inclusion, to keeping a watchful eye out for unhelpful, if well-intended, teasing ("My little Mexican one"). Lyn and Arthur Dobrin of Westbury, N.Y., adopted an African-American child, Kori, as a sibling...
...suspend Harvard's nondiscrimination policy. Certainly, many council members have gone to great lengths to convince themselves they are not discriminatory--the bill goes so far as to even denounce the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. At the same time, the council apparently cannot grasp how the bill directly violates its own principles of non-discrimination and the Harvard wide policies that protect students of all minority status. By recommending that ROTC have recruiting privileges through the Office of Career Services, the bill endorses the practice of discriminatory recruiting on-campus. By recommending that Harvard adopt...
...regular season comes to a close, the Harvard women's tennis team has clinched a portion of the Ivy League title. Sharing the limelight with only Penn, sole ownership of the Ivy title is within the Crimson's grasp at home today against Dartmouth...
...regular season comes to a close, the Harvard women's tennis team has clinched a portion of the Ivy League title. Sharing the limelight with only Penn, sole ownership of the Ivy title is within the Crimson's grasp at home today against Dartmouth...