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...housing here at Harvard contributes to a pretty hassle-free relationship," says James D. Coady '92. At other schools, such as Boston University, he notes, restricted visiting hours for guests of the opposite sex can hamper a relationship "My friend at B.U. goes crazy," says the Mather House resident...
...possessing child pornography. Last week the | Supreme Court struck down the conviction, ruling 5 to 4 that "the government overstepped the line between setting a trap for the 'unwary innocent' and the 'unwary criminal.' " In a dissenting opinion, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor warned that the ruling would hamper law-enforcement operations. The decision "introduces a new requirement that government sting operations have a reasonable suspicion of illegal activity before contacting a suspect...
Declining exports could further hamper Americans' job prospects. While U.S. sales abroad last year provided most of what little strength the economy showed, slumps in Japan and Germany threaten to cut into that foreign business. Moreover, newly cautious Japanese companies seem reluctant to continue making job-creating investments in U.S. factories and real estate, and have already begun to withdraw from the Treasury markets that finance the U.S. deficit. "No more Japanese investors are coming in," observes Georgia State's Ratajczak, "and that's a problem...
...attention must be paid to two crucial stages of development: prenatal and early childhood, and early adolescence. Brain damage to the fetus through malnutrition or drug abuse can diminish intellectual ability. And failure to form a secure attachment to an adult in the first two years of life can hamper a child's learning as well as emotional growth. To forestall such damage, Hamburg asserts, women must have access to prenatal care, drug-treatment programs and nutrition counseling. It also helps to assign parental mentors to new mothers (and fathers), and to consolidate social and health services into "one-stop...
Rudenstine said yesterday that the Universitywould be updating its goals and begin constructionof a new five-year plan. But the president alsosaid that tough economic times may hamper effortstowards realizing such goals...