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...Skocpol filed a sex discrimination suit against Harvard, charging that the Sociology Department discriminated against her because of her sex when it voted not to recommend her for tenure...

Author: By Jennifer L. Mnookin, | Title: Skocpol's Return Draws Mixed Response | 2/28/1986 | See Source »

...where coupmakers have all too often made similar pledges. Many observers, in fact, believe that Babangida's program will entrench military power for years to come. Still, he has promised to restore Nigeria to civilian rule by 1990, and last month he named a 17-member political bureau to recommend methods of + transferring power. In the meantime, Babangida has persuaded Nigerians to accept his brand of military democracy. In many ways, his performance as President will define that seeming contradiction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nigeria Striking a Delicate Balance | 2/17/1986 | See Source »

...second point. Is it your contention that the United States ought to have no normal economic or diplomatic relations with authoritarian or dictatorial regimes? This policy was applied to China for 25 years and is still being applied to Cuba. Do you approve of the result? Would you recommend applying this policy to the Soviet Union? Of course not. Such sanctions work only when there is a genuine chance of changing a nation's form of government from dictatorial to democratic. By the nature of things, there has to be popular support for such a change. Where the existing dictatorial...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Haiti | 2/15/1986 | See Source »

...members, makes all disciplinary decisions. A student writes a statement of his invoovlement to be read at the hearing, and from there, can only cross his fingers and pray. His "advocate," who will present the case "objectively" to the Board, is a member of the Board himself, and must recommend a punishment for the student. The Ad Board is accountable to no one. There is no student representation on the board. An accused student is not allowed to represent himself or argue his case. He cannot even appear at the hearing in order to ensure that his case is properly...

Author: By Michael L. Goldenberg, | Title: Ad Board Wrong in the Leverett Case | 2/13/1986 | See Source »

...rank of captain. During his time in the service, he worked on advanced tactical communications satellites. He left the Air Force in 1973 to join the Hughes Aircraft Co. as an engineer. There, Jarvis was again working on the design of advanced satellites when NASA asked Hughes to recommend one of its employees to be a payload specialist on the shuttle. Jarvis was among 600 workers who applied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gregory Jarvis 1944-1986 | 2/10/1986 | See Source »

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