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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...half year as a lawyer for Harvard, Connors has handled a variety of work, including many cases involving intellectual property law. He said his favorite case at Harvard was the Williams case, where he went to probate court in Key West, Florida to obtain the late play wright's papers for the Harvard Theater Collection. "People really gained intellectually from that," he said...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Connors Replaces Steiner | 6/30/1992 | See Source »

What gold Iraq possesses is being sold to obtain hard currency needed to pay for essential imports. Gold Fields Minerals Services, a London-based consulting firm, reported last week that in the past six months Iraq may have secretly sold off up to 50 tons of its bullion reserve, which was last reported, in 1977, to stand at 129 tons. That could explain how Saddam came up with enough hard cash to thumb his nose at a United Nations offer to let him sell $1.6 billion in oil to buy much needed food and medical products abroad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paper Tiger? | 6/8/1992 | See Source »

...have been raped but who could not express their anger, fear or unwillingness. Thus the date Rape Task Force was right to adopt a definition of rape as any sexual act "that occurs without the expressed consent of the person..." This makes it incumbent on initiators of sex to obtain a specific...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Editorials | 6/4/1992 | See Source »

Justice Department officials are currently investigating if Walsh artificially inflated condominium prices to obtain larger mortgages from banks and prevent the failure of his 70-unit condominium development in Weymouth...

Author: By Melissa Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Walsh Weathers Controversy, Inquiries | 6/4/1992 | See Source »

Frank muses about the future of American politics and the disturbing trend of politicians appropriating the "outsider" image to obtain popularity...

Author: By Alessandra M. Galloni, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Law School Class Day Speaker: U.S. Representative Barney Frank '61 | 6/3/1992 | See Source »

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