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...backpacks and duffel bags were removed from the kitchen and there was no sign of forced entry, according to Weld. She said that her purse was hanging in the kitchen and there were several bags in the hall. Only one pile from the kitchen was missing...

Author: By Susie Y. Huang, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: Burglars Strike Weld Home Before The Game | 11/24/1998 | See Source »

...studying done at school during study hall," he says. "When I get home, I can do other things, like play sports or hang out." Nathan, who wants someday to be an aeronautical engineer, formed good study habits in fourth grade when a teacher, as he remembers, "used to pile on the work. I started to get stuff done then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Parents' Guide: Time Flies | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

...ideas. Affirmative action, be it through active minority recruitment or the use of racial preferences, remains necessary to counter a living legacy of discrimination traceable to centuries of wrongs. But truth be told, liberals are losing the affirmative action debate. As the referendums, polls and court decisions pile up, we are not getting the results we want...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Losing the Culture Wars | 11/18/1998 | See Source »

...Princeton] is just another argument on the pile in favor of universal keycard access," said Noah Z. Seton '00, a member of the Undergraduate Council who has led the effort for universal access...

Author: By Molly J. Moore, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Princeton Tightens Dorm Security System | 11/13/1998 | See Source »

...toxic incinerator ash from Philadelphia. The ship plied the seas for 18 months, and it was turned away by seven nations before dumping 4,000 tons of ash on a Haitian beach. Now, a decade later, Haiti will load the cinders onto another boat and stamp the poisonous pile Return to Sender. The cleanup was delayed by the cost--up to $1 million--and denials of responsibility. A waste hauler with links to the original dumper has offered $200,000, and Philadelphia will chip in only $50,000. That leaves Haiti to pay the rest. Many landfills can now handle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Planet Watch: Planet Watch | 11/9/1998 | See Source »

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