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...documents and business reports. The Russian government, which once classified crop yields and factory output as state secrets, now routinely publishes those figures on the Internet to entice Western investors. Resistance groups in countries like Iran put information on international computer networks that agency case officers once had to obtain from underground newspapers inside the nation. Movements of nuclear weapons-related equipment can sometimes be tracked by monitoring the electronic bulletin boards of shipping companies. "The information is out there," says Henry Clements with Technology Strategic Planning in Stuart, Florida. "But you have to know what to look...
THOSE WHO WOULD MAKE DIVORCE MORE difficult to obtain should know that this approach was tried before with disastrous results. In the middle of the 6th century A.D., the Roman Emperor Justinian I outlawed no-fault divorce in his famous Digest. For hundreds of years before that action, Romans had both divorce for cause and no-fault divorce. Justinian, as a good Christian, felt that it was his duty to curtail the loose practice of divorce and thereby bring law into closer conformity with the Gospels. The Romans, many of whom at that time were not Christians, were so incensed...
Unlike the existing system, the new plan does not reward those students who choose to put in the extra effort required to obtain honors in their concentration. In most of the humanities and social sciences, graduating with honors entails writing a thesis. In these concentrations, the proposed devaluation would not be a small...
Although such a step is not under consideration at this point in time, we favor eliminating the CLGS degree entirely. This unnecessary distinction unfairly devalues the extra work done by honors concentrators. But if we cannot discard the CLGS degree, having a consistent standard on what it takes to obtain honors in a field is the best way of addressing concerns related to CLGS. While it may not change the fact that CLGS students may feel they have a "second-class" status, it at least establishes a clear and definite reason for why some students are placed a cut above...
...reaching measure that would reinvent the way the Federal Government regulates. The Republican-sponsored bill would require federal health, safety and environmental agencies to undertake detailed cost-benefit analyses before implementing new rules. The House also approved a second, related bill that would make it easier for landowners to obtain compensation from the government when their property values are diminished by environmental regulations...