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...South Africa, an elite group of American business executives, met in London two weeks ago with their South African counterparts. While the participants, who included the chief executive officers of General Motors and Citibank, have kept a tight lid on the proceedings, it is assumed that strategies to hasten racial reform were discussed. Meanwhile another group, representing the 186 U.S. companies that subscribe to a code of fair employment practices known as the Sullivan Principles, sent a telex to the South African government urging Botha to "lower tensions" in the schools of the country's black townships...
...find individuals who are extraordinary and you know their work and you know their minds, well, you could hasten the tenure process for a long list of people—not just for women, but men,” says Goldin, who says that a policy of delaying the date at which women faculty come up for tenure so that they can start families may actually make it difficult for them to ever be tenured...
...will take much longer for Europe to digest the full meaning of the rejection. "No" voters didn't have much in common: French socialists feared the constitution would hasten the advent of "Anglo-Saxon" free markets; Dutch conservatives were angry about immigration and their lopsided contribution to the E.U. budget. Voters of all stripes just wanted to give their unpopular governments a kicking. Their main gripes include persistent high unemployment and low growth in much of Europe. That stagnation fuels a fear of the future, of which the E.U. has become a major symbol...
...denied involvement in Kassir's death, but public pressure is mounting on pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud. This week, tens of thousands of protesters plan to converge on the presidential palace to demand that the increasingly isolated Lahoud resign. Kassir would have appreciated the irony that his death could hasten Lahoud's departure...
...your story on death-row inmates who want to hasten the date of their execution [April 25]: I can see no reason to deny them their wish to die. The expense of keeping such criminals alive in prison--with three square meals a day, medical and dental care, access to the Internet, books and television--could be better spent on intervention programs to keep young people from a life of crime...