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...original turncoat, playing along with Ames in order to recruit him for her Moscow handlers? Or was Ames a double agent by then, persuading Rosario to spy first on Colombia for the U.S., then on the U.S. for the Soviet Union? Two FBI officials involved in the case insist that Ames was turned first and that Rosario went along, subsequently displaying aggressive greed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Double Agent | 3/7/1994 | See Source »

...Israelis insist that they understand more clearly than ever that Arafat needs to show his people they are getting something out of the peace process -- and that Jerusalem must make some concessions to help. "Paradoxically ((the massacre)) may hasten the peace process because Israel will be under pressure to finish the negotiations as soon as possible," says Ariel Merari, an expert on political violence. To get an accord, he predicts, Israel will "have to make more concessions than it meant to make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Fury Rules | 3/7/1994 | See Source »

...security unit's head, Manager of Operations for Security Robert J. Dowling, and Police Chief Paul E. Johnson, who is Dowling's boss, insist that the report remains an important document. Many of the recommendation, they said this week, are still likely to be implemented...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: In Security Unit, Silence is Deafening | 3/5/1994 | See Source »

...solutions from official answer keys as long as they followed the standard policy of enclosing directly quoted material in quotation marks and footnoting any material that was either copied of paraphrased. This seems like a reasonable compromise between those who are sticklers for honesty and those who quaintly insist that students should actually do their own work. Most importantly, it would free students of any unwarranted, nagging fears that they are somehow cheating when they borrow ideas or words from printed solutions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: An Offer to Teach Cheating 101 | 3/4/1994 | See Source »

Provost Green should stand his ground. He should not name union activists to a task force whose findings don't directly concern them. He should insist that, if the union wants to have any input, it should quit whining and join one of the same advisory committees every other interested constituency on campus has joined...

Author: By David B. Lat, | Title: Provost Green Should Stand His Ground | 3/4/1994 | See Source »

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