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...make lasting change at a large university and one as decentralized as this takes time and those who insist that [implementing a living wage] takes place overnight or in a short time don't understand how the University works," he said...
...drive to "save" Elian may, in fact, reflect a generational concern, even if it contains mixed messages - exile activists insist that sending Elian home to grow up in Castro's Cuba would be profoundly inhumane, and yet it's hard to imagine that a strongman who's about to turn 74 will maintain his grip much longer. But the decline of the embargo and emboldening of home-based dissidents and institutions such as the Catholic Church - as well as the considerable hostility toward the Miami leadership displayed on Cuba's streets during protests over Elian - suggest that post-Castro Cuba...
Then there is the issue that Harvard is currently two weeks out of step with such theoretical dimensions as the State College Time Zone and the Normal University Time Zone. We insist on distinguishing ourselves by starting classes in late September, having finals after winter break, and graduating in early June, without even the excuse of being on some sort of 'alternative' trimester system. The only other school who comes close to our wacked schedule is Princeton, and even they haven't yet grasped the importance of having a spring recess as late as possible...
...divine. An 84-acre slum housing 10,000 people, its inhabitants are refugees from the 1948 war that followed Israel's creation and their descendants. The Deheishites, many of whom still carry the keys to homes now housing Israelis or torn down by them, demand repatriation. The Israelis insist that the refugees should receive financial compensation instead--from anyone but Israel. Speaking amid the cinder-block misery, John Paul told a small crowd, "I hope and pray that my visit will bring some comfort in your difficult situation...
Conservationists insist that the 50 million low-flow toilets installed in American homes to date are responsible for saving an estimated 600 million gal. of water a day. And toilet manufacturers insist that they are finally building low-flow toilets that work. But there are plenty of skeptics. "My brother-in-law had to put turbo chargers on his," says Rick Nelson, 40, a businessman. "It sounds like a bomb going off in the middle of the night." So Nelson paid $175 to have a high-flow Gerber shipped from Windsor to his bathroom in Elk Grove, Ill. "Look...