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...Monday, Flinn and her lawyers submitted a request to resign in lieu of a court-martial on the condition that it be an honorable discharge. The petition was rushed up the Air Force chain of command in three days, lightning speed in the military bureaucracy for such a request. On Tuesday, Widnall put the Flinn court-martial on hold while she considered the request. An honorable discharge was out of the question; there would be practically a mutiny in the senior officer corps if she allowed such blatant favoritism for an officer charged with these offenses. In private with Widnall...
...corporate charitable contributions have climbed to record levels in dollar terms, they have fallen to about 1% of pretax profits from more than 2% a decade ago. That's partly explained by a combination of tax-law changes, today's soaring profits and a shift to product donations in lieu of cash. Still, it's the kind of thing that makes traditional nonprofits sweat. And the latest bout of merger mania makes them even more uncomfortable. When two big companies--each with its own foundation--become one, only one foundation is likely to survive...
...students and practicing lawyers may submit their LSAT scores in lieu of the GREs...
...sent it to her after he read accounts that the brutal Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic had apparently named one of his goats after the then U.N. ambassador. In 1994, when reports circulated in the Iraqi press calling Albright a serpent, she decided to wear the snake pin--in lieu of a name tag--when meeting with Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz. Albright says the bumblebee reminds her of Muhammad Ali's motto, "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee," which could well be her slogan too. Look for the balloon when the Secretary is feeling...
...Students are most often given scholarships based on financial need rather than merit," she said in an NAE press release. "It is important that students in need of financial aid receive assistance but not in lieu of merit scholarships to acknowledge outstanding performance in academics and the arts...