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...boys, the wheat from the chaff, the Yahoos from the yahoos. And--oh, my, Greenspan--we can't go public at the drop of a business plan anymore. "It's going to be much harder under these conditions," Karl warns. "The model has to be that much more ironclad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Day the World Ended | 4/17/2000 | See Source »

...Harvard Student Handbook states that it intends to safeguard "the right of all community members to be free of undue disruption in their academic and residential lives." In order to achieve that goal, the University believes that, "fundamental principles, rather than ironclad rules, must govern consultation and decision-making on residential life...

Author: By Benjamin D. Grizzle, | Title: Thinking Seriously About Coed Housing | 3/17/2000 | See Source »

...they want to, kids are going to sleep together in college irrespective of what the school or their parents say. Having an ironclad rule disallowing choice with respect to coed housing only serves the wishes of a small group of parents and students, and neglects the wishes of a great many more...

Author: By Benjamin D. Grizzle, | Title: Thinking Seriously About Coed Housing | 3/17/2000 | See Source »

...agreed on the agenda for the talks. Syria wants to begin with territorial issues; Israel wants the first item to be its security requirements. While the principle framework for a peace agreement involves Israel returning the Golan Heights to Syria in exchange for peace, normalization of relations and ironclad security guarantees, the devilish details keep a deal tantalizingly out of reach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel and Syria Struggle to Break the Ice | 1/4/2000 | See Source »

...1800s The French and British vied to build the better ironclad battleship. In 1862 the Union's Monitor and the Confederacy's Merrimack clashed in the first battle of ironclads in history. The result was indecisive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Our Evolving Culture | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

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