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While the Freedom of Information Act makes it possible for any citizen to obtain FBI files, it is important for Congress to further action in redefining and possibly monitoring the actions of the FBI. Such measures have been taken in a small way, and more effective ways to oversee the Department of Justice are in the works...
Scientists have a better chance than non-scientists to obtain outside funds for their research, and so do not face the same financial or career difficulties of assistant professors in the humanities and social sciences. Within these fields, however, status differences persist. The department of Sociology invites junior faculty to all departmental meetings and asks them to serve on a number of departmental committees; the Committee on History and Literature has separate meetings for the Board of Tutors (including graduate students and junior faculty), and the meetings of the senior faculty affiliated with the concentration. Teaching assignments may also vary...
...round three of this seemingly never-ending saga, the council voted Monday to join a citizen's group's suit to obtain an injunction against the MBTA that could effectively stop work on the construction...
Seldes wanted to obtain an effect of different "tempos" in her writing, to avoid the monotonous quality she feels many memoirs possess. The tone of The Bright Lights ranges from philosophical to comical to lyrical. In this sense, the book mirrors its author: as The Bright Lights shifts narrative moods in a matter of paragraphs, so Seldes shifts personal moods in a matter of minutes...
...Einstein on the Beach," staged in several European cities, was performed for only two nights at New York's Metropolitan Opera House. "It's different here" Glass said. "You have to deal with several individuals to obtain the necessary financial support. In Europe you deal with the government," he added...