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...Flash Points A number of contentious issues separate not only the demonstrators from the WTO, but also the member states themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A WTO Primer | 12/1/1999 | See Source »

...yourself look too good. But if you want to get into the University of Costa Rica your performance on a standardized admissions exam is the only factor determining your admission and your ability to enter the career of your choice. The idea that a university should employ a large number of admissions officers devoted to reading application essays and listening to tapes of students' violin recitals seems downright bizarre...

Author: By Alejandro Jenkins, | Title: A Fool's Complaint | 12/1/1999 | See Source »

Faced with a smaller number of available council seats, argued Boni-Saenz, the representative who introduced last night's legislation, would-be council representatives would have to run for their seats instead of just signing up for them...

Author: By Parker R. Conrad, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lack of Quorum tables council downsizing | 11/30/1999 | See Source »

...president four years ago. In these four years, the council's role in College decisions has increased. I feel that this incremental approach--which has seen policy changes in phone rates, dining services, house life, UHS, security and safety, advising, book prices and student group funding--has produced a number of positive results for the student body...

Author: By Delete This, | Title: Letters to the Editor | 11/30/1999 | See Source »

...those mistakes, and is asking Congress to take strong measures to protect patients from one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. - medical errors. The group issued a report that says such gaffes take a stunning 44,000 to 98,000 lives per year, more than the number of people who die annually in car accidents or from AIDS. The academy's solution? A new federal regulatory agency that would require doctors and hospitals to report deaths to a central database so that the government can analyze the errors and implement preventive measures. At present, doctors are regulated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Federal Regulation: A Cure for Bad Medicine? | 11/30/1999 | See Source »

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