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...should not be forced to make a choice between public safety and personal security," the professors said. "We are entitled to both and insist on both...
...operate a full seven minutes behind the rest of the Eastern Seaboard. As any undergraduate knows, a lecture, seminar or section which is billed to begin at three o'clock really kicks off at three-oh-seven. TFs and professors ignorant of the seven-minute phenomenon (more people who insist on living within their own time zones) succeed only in speaking to empty seats and causing embarrassment to those students who are actually in sync with the rhythms of their school. And because most Harvard students seem to be naturally late, the rule extends on principle...
...past few weeks, rising on rumors of a settlement, diving when talks appeared stalled. And now those talks are dead. What went wrong? It's hard to tell. Some accounts say that Microsoft balked at the DOJ's demand that it unbundle Internet Explorer from Windows, while other sources insist that Gates & Co. were perfectly willing to do so. And quite a few fingers (especially ones based in Redmond) are pointing at the attorneys general of the 19 states riding shotgun on the federal antitrust suit, charging that they were making more demands than the DOJ wanted, or that Microsoft...
...campaign. Some representatives even questioned whether the war on drugs can be won militarily, urging instead that the funding go to treatment programs and other schemes designed to reduce the demand for drugs in the U.S. Supporters of the package, including the Clinton administration and the House GOP leadership, insist that the legislation remains essential to save the beleaguered government of President Andres Pastrana against "narcoterrorists...
...sooner than the election, however, as negotiations between Washington and Havana continue over Juan Miguel Gonzalez's coming to the U.S. to take custody of his son during the appeal process. Indications are that even once the father arrives, rather than hand Elian over, the Miami relatives plan to insist on a custody battle in a Florida family court - something Juan Miguel Gonzalez is unlikely ever to accept. That would leave the vice president in the uncomfortable position of supporting the separation of a child from his only surviving parent. At least he'll be able to take solace...