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...army's ranks. On Nov. 1, Khomeini told all students and civil servants to report to conscription centers and join up. "Where they are needed," the Ayatullah said, "combat duty takes precedence over everything else." Even childhood. Khomeini also issued an edict that no longer requires children to obtain parental consent before going to war. Regular troops have been telling of "tearful boys" in their midst, and a twelve-year-old Iranian prisoner of war interviewed on Iraqi television said that two of his friends were shot by Islamic Guards while attempting to desert...
...students with other disabilities, access is handled on an ad hoc basis. Problems are resolved in a manner tailored to the individual's needs and the particular resources of the University. Often this means that obtaining access depends on the University's experience with that disability or the student's aggressiveness. Volunteer readers for students with visual disabilities are provided by the University, but students with hearing losses have long complained about being unable to get interpreters for classes. In general, it can be extremely difficult to obtain accommodations if they entail spending money...
...listening posts worldwide and a vast computer complex in Maryland allow the NSA to tap into and record all electronic messages entering or leaving the country. A 1975 post-Watergate Senate panel described the NSA setup as a "giant vacuum cleaner." But unlike domestic law-enforcement agencies, which must obtain a warrant from a Federal Judge before tapping phone messages, the NSA gets warrants from a special secret panel of judges...
Last weekend, the rival Boston Globe reported that Murdoch wants to make substantial personnel cuts in the tabloid's mechanical departments and eliminate job protection for senior editorial workers. The Globe said Murdoch had given editorial union leaders until Nov. 30 to obtain agreement from rank and file members...
Profits have improved in large part because the plunge in interest rates has made it much cheaper for banks to obtain new funds. The going rate they must pay for three-month deposits of $1 million or more, for example, has dropped from 15.3% at the end of June to 9% now. But the banks have lowered more slowly the interest they charge for loans. The prime rate on corporate loans had fallen only from 16.5% to 12% until last Friday...