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...mainly by this organization. We battle those who oppose whites adopting blacks as well as others who would stop all transracial, trans ethnic and transnational adoption. We have been aided by former Senator Howard Metzenbaum, a Democrat from Ohio, who courageously and tirelessly fought for passage of the Multiethnic Placement Act. But the Department of Health and Human Services has issued guidelines that prove it has little interest in enforcing the spirit of that law. This has led Metzenbaum, our group and others across the political and ideological spectrum to endorse efforts to pass a new, better law that penalizes...
Nonsmokers are in a huff. "That's what passes for wit among some Republicans," said Phil Schiliro, an aide to Waxman, referring to the placement of his boss's picture under the ashtray. "That epitomizes their philosophy: 'Those Democrats didn't know anything, and if they're against smoking we'll be for it and blow smoke in their faces.' " Senator Frank Lautenberg, who once successfully pushed to ban smoking in all facilities that receive federal funds and that serve children, now has to make his way to his Capitol Hill office past small groups of Republican aides lighting...
Less boppy students will describe orientationweek as an "ordeal," or at least call it "weird."They find the placement tests too challenging,idiotic and numerous, and the ice-breaker eventstoo shallow. Thehi-what's-your-name-where-are-you-from-what's-your-dorm-well-nice-to-meet-you mantra growsold very quickly, and the days become a blur ofcookouts, sweaty parties and fierce scamming...
Generally, the first episode of the orientationweek placement test series is the famousExpository Writing Test, in which first yearsstruggle to recall their admissions essays, whichmust have impressed someone over at Byerly Hall.Now they must once again impress someone--thistime in the Expos Department--so that they can getinto a decent semester-long writing class andavoid Expos 10, the year-long alternative for theless prosaically-inclined...
There are other tests to take, for students wholike that kind of thing. Chemistry placement testsdetermine the level of hell for would-be premeds.It's a good idea to take a foreign languageplacement tests; it's possible to test out ofHarvard's foreign language requirement. An eveningcookout caps that day's activities. More namegame...