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Judith H. Kidd, whose selection last November as assistant dean for public service was followed by a storm of controversy and a vitriolic protest, began her new position quietly and cordially Tuesday...
Despite this protest, Ehrlich said yesterday that he is optimistic about Kidd...
France's transportation nightmare moved toward an end as rail workers drifted back to their posts despite union calls to hold out. The three-week strike, led by transport workers, was in protest against proposed reforms to the French social-security system, and in particular a tightening of the retirement scheme of France's 5.5 million public-sector workers. Following concessions made by Prime Minister Alain Juppe on the retirement issue, many workers voted to end the labor action, which had never gained the active support of private-sector employees as hoped...
...group of undergraduates has claimed responsibility for altering a Harvard University Police Department poster of a burglary suspect, saying that they did so to protest racism...
...after two years of his bad-boy antics, the Russian electorate appears to be growing weary of Zhirinovsky. Although he can count on enough support from his solid following among the lumpen proletariat to remain a disturbing force in the new parliament, he will have to share the protest vote that brought him to power in 1993 with Lebed, former Vice President Alexander Rutskoi and a host of other patriotic-minded candidates who did not--or could not--run in the last elections. GENNADI ZYUGANOV Riding a Wave of Nostalgia...