Word: nye
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...Wilson, part of the excitement of working in Washington was working as a colleague of many of the professors who taught him at Harvard, such as Dillon Professor of International Affairs Joseph S. Nye...
...course, the name of former professor JosephS. Nye, now an Assistant Secretary of Defense, isalways in the rumor mill, although many said thisweek they doubt that he would accept the postafter being passed over several years ago whenCarnesale was chosen to replace Dillon Professorof International Affairs Robert D. Putnam...
...flout the law. Emboldened by the Republican takeover of Congress, a growing number of ordinary citizens, as well as local and state government officials, are rejecting federal authority and fighting for what they believe are their property rights. Last week the Justice Department filed a lawsuit seeking to stop Nye County in Nevada from taking over federal lands and intimidating federal officials. Associate Attorney General John Schmidt said the Justice Department suit was intended to send a signal to other rebel movements in California, Idaho, New Mexico and Oregon and "put to rest the idea that any county...
Tensions have been running highest in Nevada. In 1993, Nye County adopted two resolutions asserting state ownership and control of public properties in its borders, including all roads. Last July 4, Nye County commissioner Richard Carver, flouting federal law, used a bulldozer to break open a road in a national forest and then filed a criminal complaint against forest-service workers who tried to stop him. Last week, even in the face of the federal suit, the Nevada state senate passed a measure that sought to strengthen the state's claims to federal lands...
...Ford Foundation Professor of Science and International Affairs Ashton B. Carter. Carter was director of the Center for Science and International Affairs. Like Nye, his expertise is in international relations, which could be a plus--several faculty say the school's foreign scholarship should be beefed...