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...nearly 18 years that Nadine Strossen served as president of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the organization has been a staunch advocate in some of America's most polarizing legal battles, including fights over Internet free speech, abortion and the separation between church and state. The ACLU's membership nearly doubled during her tenure, which ended when she stepped down earlier this year. Strossen spoke to TIME about her toughest sparring partners, the tension between national security and civil liberties and why the upcoming election is even more important than people may realize. Your father was a Holocaust survivor...
...collegiate,” the writer revealed not only an awareness of this new social group, but the pressures to conform. One had to follow a single dress code—one of navy blazers and cable knit sweaters—in order to be even considered for membership to this group. This collegiate tradition still remains integral to Harvard dress today. But the disparity between Harvard style and the normal get-up of sweatshirts and jeans sported on other college campuses makes me wonder: are Harvard guys an anomaly, distinct from the everyday college male elsewhere? Don?...
...Board does not allow students to fully present their side of the story and prepare an adequate defense. This renders the Ad Board a mere kangaroo court, whose rulings are clear before it convenes. Beyond the injustice of the trial itself, the Ad Board suffers additional shortcomings of membership and “sentencing.” Members of the Ad Board are often divorced from the proceedings, since many of them skip hearings related to student discipline. The Ad Board’s punishments are “one-size-fits-all”—too often...
...World Bank. The former was designed to monitor exchange rates and lend reserve currencies to nations with trade deficits, the latter to provide underdeveloped nations with needed capital - although each institution's role has changed over time. Each of the 44 nations who joined the discussions contributed a membership fee, of sorts, to fund these institutions; the amount of each contribution designated a country's economic ability and dictated its number of votes...
...even though (or, perhaps, because) the risk of getting caught is high, especially now that activity-shielding amenities such as blankets have gone the way of in-flight meals, the mile-high club still has many clamoring for membership. Here are a few tips to help you reach brave new heights...