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...early American feminists who opposed abortion, FFL seeks to address systematically the root causes of the problem, and has in the past fought for the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Violence Against Women Act, stronger child support enforcement and the elimination of child exclusion measures in welfare reform. In doing so, it has worked with groups such as Planned Parenthood of America, the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL), the Feminist Majority, the National Organization of Women (NOW) Legal Defense and Education Fund and the American Civil Liberties Union. Clearly, these efforts transcend the abortion debate...
This is the second time in three years that Princeton has taken significant action to reform its financial aid program. In 1998, Princeton eliminated all loans for students from families earning less than $46,000, replacing them with grants. Perhaps motivated by a slightly guilty conscience or by a desire to remain competitive, Harvard followed Princeton's example with a similar program for low-income families. We hoped that Harvard would have learned from Princeton's example and taken steps to alleviate the burden of undergraduate borrowing...
Addressing a diverse range of pressing issues including minority education and campaign finance reform, the six political experts will spend the semester working with students in weekly study groups...
...race, Franks lost to Jon Corzine, who spent a record $63 million on the campaign. Franks will talk about campaign finance reform and his experience on the House Budget Committe, which produced the first balanced budget in a generation...
...honor as hers; relatives and close campaign supporters had feted him in the lounge's VIP room earlier. Soon he hoped to make good on his promise to get rid of corruption at the local jail and maybe someday--if he had as much energy as he did ambition--reform the nation's prison systems. The cafe's chef had made crab-stuffed chicken especially for Brown, who spent the evening shaking hands, swapping stories and holding court. With a glass of Hennessy, he was sitting in a booth with the female volunteer from his election campaign in the leopard...