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Following Lewis' selection of Kidd, calls for PBHA's independence began to mount. Student leaders-namely outspoken PBHA President Andrew J. Ehrlich '96-'97-feared that Kidd's selection would signal the beginning of diminished student autonomy for PBHA programs...
...Tasty may not go quietly. City Councilor Francis H. Duehay '55, who has been an outspoken Tasty advocate in recent months, said that while there is no official recourse to keep a place for the Square's only 24-hour eatery, there is always public pressure...
...serious crime during his time in office. Suddenly, he was faced with the flip side--an apparently horrific instance of police brutality that punctuated three years of complaints by blacks and Hispanics that police abusiveness was out of control. It was not the kind of endorsement Giuliani, usually outspoken in his support of police, needed or wanted in an election year. And he was swift to describe the incident as repulsive and demand that justice be served...
...battle lines are deeply drawn. Taking a page from AIDS activists, several advocacy and educational groups are insisting that, among other things, they be consulted in the design of scientific studies of Lyme. Their input has not been entirely welcomed by the scientific community. One outspoken program officer at the National Institutes of Health was so vociferous in his criticism of the Lyme groups that he was barred from having anything more to do with the disease. His cause was taken up three weeks ago in an op-ed piece in the New York Times that criticized the lay groups...
Among the most visible role models for the NAFTA generation is movie actress Salma Hayek. Most Americans know her as a rising Hollywood siren (Desperado, Fools Rush In). What they don't know is that behind her almond-eyed beauty lies an outspoken Mexican rebel. Six years ago, as a soap-opera star at Televisa, the broadcast giant that has strong ties to the P.R.I., she stunned her bosses and fans by bolting to Los Angeles. Today Hayek, 28, still delights in snubbing her country's Establishment in ways few celebrities have dared--whether by endorsing new competition against Mexico...