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...postwar record of six storms in both 1990 and 1993. The first nine killed 102 people and caused $6.7 billion worth of damage, according to Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki. Some meteorologists say the phenomenon is an inevitable by-product of global warming; others assert that the 10 storms were mere coincidence. Whatever the reason, Japan's season of the typhoon may not be over. Typhoon No. 24, known as Nock-ten, was gathering strength in the South Pacific late last week?and heading North...
Although women admittedly received a mere 12.5 percent of tenure offers, there is no evidence of discrimination against them. Thus an effort exclusively to recruit women and shaft other candidates is not justified...
Although women admittedly received a mere 12.5 percent of tenure offers, there is no evidence of discrimination against them. Thus an effort exclusively to recruit women and shaft other candidates is not justified...
...without listening very carefully, you can hear its echo throughout Friday Night Lights: In Odessa, football is a way of life. And, as is quickly shown, the only way of life for residents of this small Texas town, where state champions become legends and those who fall short become mere pariahs rejected even within their own families. Though American society worships successful professional athletes, the cult following earned by 17-year old high school seniors is for the most part less widespread. Director and co-writer Peter Berg rightly devotes more time to the Panthers’ trials in their...
...last minute decision to deny visas to 65 Cuban scholars heading for a conference in Las Vegas. According to Boucher, it was in the interest of the United States to suppress the free exchange of information because the “so-called academics” were mere hacks coming to “spout the party line.” As such, it was in the national interest to make sure the Cuban government would “feel the pressure of our disdain for that regime” by denying these academics “the hospitality...