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ANNE FRANK, in a 1944 letter to her father that was released last week, protesting after she was forbidden to spend time alone with a young man who was hiding from the Nazis with the Franks in Amsterdam during World...
...floor to complain that Rumsfeld had in effect ignored his request for an investigation into Lieut. General William "Jerry" Boykin, a top Army officer in the war on terrorism, who had been preaching anti-Islamic sermons, in uniform, to evangelical Christian gatherings. When Rumsfeld denied ever seeing Warner's letter--something of a stretch, as Warner not only faxed the letter to Rumsfeld's office but also had it hand-delivered by Pentagon courier--lawmakers took the gloves off. "His treatment of the chairman of the Armed Services Committee is more disdainful than I have ever seen," said Republican Senator...
...committee charged with choosing Harvard’s next president is seeking the same qualities that ultimately led to the appointment of University President Lawrence H. Summers five years ago. In a letter to the Harvard community yesterday, the search committee used passages nearly identical to those that appeared in a similar missive sent out at the outset of the University’s last presidential search in 2000. The committee’s letter, sent to hundreds of thousands of Harvard affiliates, provided the first public insight into what the nine-person body is looking for as it launches...
Following a vocal student campaign against Coke’s labor practices in Colombia and India, Michigan’s Dispute Review Board (DRB) suspended the use of Coke products on Dec. 29, writing that it would not extend any expired contracts. However, the DRB letter said Michigan would resume business with Coke if the company sufficiently met the university’s demands for an independent, third-party investigation into the allegations...
Neither the ILO nor other investigations mentioned in Slattow’s letter have been completed...