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...important because it represents the symbol of public support. It's a catalyst," said Peter Walsh, director of publications and public relations at the Harvard University Arts museums. "I personally find the amendment's language general and vague--unenforceable...
Louis G. Bakanowsky, who heads the CarpenterCenter for the Visual Arts and is a professor ofvisual and environmental studies, said the revisedHelms Amendment passed last week would mean lessmoney for public exhibitions at the center...
...transferring of the Chelsea schools to B.U. for 10 years marks the first time in U.S. history that a private university has run a public school system. B.U. officials hope that the plan will become a model for urban educational reform...
...privatization plan is facing two lawsuits, one from a teachers union arguing that the plan does not allow for enough public oversight and thus violates the state constitution, and another from Hispanic parents charging that city officials did not give the community adequate opportunity to respond to the plan before formally adopting...
...before attempting to quell the disturbances. More than 400 people, most of them Iranians, died during the violent clashes, leading to a break in diplomatic relations between the two countries the following year. Last week the Saudis demonstrated their resolve to punish disrupters of the hajj. In the largest public execution in recent years, swordsmen in Mecca publicly beheaded 16 Kuwaiti citizens for detonating bombs in Mecca last July...