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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...late March, the Senate Education Committee released a significantly watered-down version of ACCRA. A similar version was overwhelmingly passed by the House last Wednesday as a part of this year's Higher Education Act. After a conference committee irons out details, the bill is expected to pass Congress with a veto-proof majority...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bill in Congress May Reform Crime Reporting, Disciplinary Proceedings | 5/11/1998 | See Source »

Born in India and raised in Burma, Shah knew as a young boy that he was supposed to be somewhere else in the world. He would pass beggars in the shadowy streets of Rangoon on his way to the movies, where a glamorous, faraway place filled the screen every day. William Holden was up there, along with Gregory Peck and Kim Novak, golden with the light of the West...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hide And Seek | 5/11/1998 | See Source »

Noah Z. Seton '00 and John Paul Rollert '00 wonover Harvard Dining Services (HDS) for bag lunchesin Loker through purely personal lobbying. Thecouncil's only involvement was to pass a bill in the fall giving the pair a mandate to work with...

Author: By David A. Fahrenthold, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: UC Struggles to Win Friends, Influence Policy | 5/4/1998 | See Source »

...19th century struggle for influence and control between the British and Russian empires. But another Great Game is what it is. Washington wants Caspian oil to flow through many pipelines so that no single country can bottle it up, and is adamantly against having a new pipeline pass through Iran. It is fine if some of the lines run through Russia, as they already do, but Russia should not be able to turn a valve and shut off all or most of the Caspian flow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rush For Caspian Oil | 5/4/1998 | See Source »

...still a terrible place to be pregnant. The appeal of her original case will take weeks just to plan, weeks more to be heard, weeks more to be decided. Susan Howards, her Boston-based appellate lawyer, has been to Seattle only once, for a few hours. Months, years could pass. Mary is due to give birth to another angel in the fall, and within 48 hours, a state law enforcer will take the child from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Matter Of Hearts | 5/4/1998 | See Source »

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