Word: precedental
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Your article on Leonardo DiCaprio's filming of The Beach in Thailand's Khao Yai National Park [CINEMA, March 1] was one-sided. You showed an absolute disregard for the environmental issues raised by concerned groups. I am sorry DiCaprio may have had his reputation damaged. However, once he and...
Council representative Shai M. Sachs '01 said he worries that expressing support for ROTC would set a dangerous precedent.
Indeed, rather than dwell on conspiracy, the verdict simply followed the bureacratic chain of command. The jury dimissed allegations that Fabius had delayed compulsory blood screening so as to favor a blood test manufactured by French company, and focused on where the buck stopped -- Herv?'s failure to stop the...
If Giuliani's campaign succeeds, law-enforcement agencies across the U.S. may be inspired to toughen their policies. At least 20 states already allow officers to take cars from repeat drunk drivers. There is ample precedent for such seizures, but usually they involve habitual offenders or hardened criminals. Federal and...
The College seems unembarrassed at not having set a precedent for expelling those convicted of rape or sexual assault Ignoring rape on campus does not make it go away, rather it condones it by allowing rapists to go on unpunished. JOSEPH W. LIND '99 Feb. 22, 1999