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Although he's often accused of "never missing an opportunity to miss an opportunity," Yasser Arafat's call for Palestinian elections shows an uncharacteristic political agility. Under pressure from all sides to clamp down on terrorism and reform his Palestinian Authority, Arafat used a speech to the Palestinian legislature Wednesday to denounce attacks on Israeli civilians and to call for sweeping, if undefined, reforms. Thursday, the Palestinian legislature scheduled a presidential election for next March, legislative elections within a year from now and voted to name a new PA cabinet within 45 days...
Lecturer on Literature Heather K. Love ’91, who supports Park and Epps’ efforts, said she thinks it will be “problematic” if the Ad Board change is allowed to stand without further reform...
Athletic directors involved in the current meetings this spring say further reforms of what were initially laid out in this report could be the chosen route of the presidents to reform the League’s athletics...
According to the official Chinese news agency, Jiang told Summers of China’s efforts at education reform, while Summers spoke of the importance of higher education to China’s long-term goals...
...Sharon is in trouble with his political base, Arafat can expect an even rougher ride. He's being pressed hard to reform his administration from both the moderate Arab regimes and his own constituents. Saudi Arabia and Egypt have in recent days reportedly been applying pressure on Arafat's aides for a strong crackdown on terrorism - the Saudis and Egyptians have also been working to draw Syria, which has traditionally backed Palestinian "rejectionists," into a new peace initiative, and leaders of the radical Hamas and Islamic Jihad organizations have reportedly been summoned to Saudi Arabia to be urged...