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...past six years, the Review--a prestigious journal run by Law School students--has had a standing policy of affirmative action for minorities, but not for women, said Review President Dan M. Kahan. He said women "weren't included at the outset, and they haven't been since...
Women make up between 35 and 40 percent of the Law School population, but only about one-quarter of the Review. Kahan said that 22 out of 89 Review members are women...
...Kahan said the Review hopes to increase the representation of women and minority groups. He refused to comment on this week's vote...
...commemorate Mexico's Flag Day, two Golden Arches outlets in Mexico City papered their trays with place mats embossed with a representation of the national emblem. Eagle-eyed government agents swooped down and confiscated the disrespectful place mats. Saul Kahan, senior partner of McDonald's in Mexico, explained, "Our intention was never to give offense. It was to help Mexicans learn about their culture." Do not expect the chain to introduce a new dish called McEaglets anytime soon...
Early in the week, some Cabinet ministers and Knesset members called on the government to establish a commission of inquiry similar to the one headed by Israel's late Chief Justice, Yitzhak Kahan, in 1982-83 to investigate the massacre of Arabs in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Beirut. Shamir dismissed their demands as "hysterical and unjustified." When former Foreign Minister Abba Eban pressed doggedly for such an investigation, Shamir urged caution. "Certain people generate echoes when they speak," Shamir told Eban, "and hence they should think twice before making a declaration." Later, when Eban announced that...