Word: monitorable
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...generated will not, however, guarantee success. When the glow of the elections fade, the realities of governing will be immense. As in Eastern Europe and Russia, the job of fulfilling the expectations of the people will be difficult. Nichola M. Buekes '95, a Harvard student serving as an election monitor in the country, noted that "expectations have been raised and promises made that cannot possibly be met in the short run." As South Africa fades from the front pages, the real task of governing will begin...
Every night at a pre-scheduled time, forlorn swains and pining maidens fill the Science Center basement to e-mail their loved ones at other colleges or back at home. Bathed in the unearthly glow of the monitor screens, they are oblivious to the furious click-clack of the keyboard as Internet connects them to their faraway, spiritual halves. Yet somehow, this mode of communication seems to lack a true personal touch, a romantic passion. Perhaps it is the constant, invasive hum of the terminals and the harsh florescent lights. Or the horde of computer hacker sitting in the other...
...Western troops could barely manage to protect their own countrymen. A 2,400-member U.N. peacekeeping force, in Kigali to monitor a peace accord signed last year, lost 10 of its Belgian members when they tried to save the life of the Tutsi Prime Minister. Some 12,000 people were under U.N. protection at the national stadium and at the city's main hospital. But U.N. officials were worried that the lightly armed peacekeepers would not have the resources to cope. Chastened by the experience of Somalia, the U.N. Security Council is unwilling to intervene with force...
Under harsh questioning at a congressional hearing, the heads of the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute apologized for their failure to properly monitor a falsified breast-cancer study. The officials reiterated their belief in the validity of the study results, despite the flaws...
...being driven to take action, spurred as much by legal considerations and government pressure as by safety concerns. Last September the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health issued recommendations designed to prevent workplace violence. In California three bills have been introduced into the state legislature that will monitor employer safety measures more closely. But a big impetus for action is the increasing number of claims filed against companies for failure to protect workers. The family of a sales clerk murdered by an employee at a Gap store in New York City two years ago is suing a security firm...