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Lately, a lot more has been bothering General Augusto Pinochet of Chile than his bad back. Visiting the United Kingdom for surgery, the former dictator of Chile was threatened with extradition by a Spanish judge for mass murder and brutality during his reign. Britain's House of Lords declined to give him the immunity heads of state usually receive, since hostage-taking and torture "do not qualify as legitimate acts of a head of state." By December 11, the British home secretary must decide whether or not to give the man with the bad back a break...
Nowhere was this more evident than in Rawlins' 1996 presidential campaign and subsequent reign. The campus should have known it was in trouble when The Crimson reported in the weeks before the election that the Rawlins campaign had met with a professional Democratic party strategist. A degree of organization is necessary to run a successful campaign for any office, but Rawlins' inflated sense of self-importance was evident in the countless news items and word-of-mouth reports regarding the sophisticated War Room she employed to win that glorious office in the basement of Holworthy...
...that time of year again when cries of "Ooh. Ahh. City Step! City Step! City Step! City Step!" can only mean the annual wardrobe switch from the reign of the littleblackdress to that of the longblackdress. As Van Morrison once said so profoundly, "Its a wonderful night for a moondance," so slip into your black tie-best and get ready to catch some rays at Moondance: CityStep Benefit Ball. 9 p.m. to midnight. Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St. 496-2222. Tickets...
...turned them down in favor of a working environment that would give him free reign and the excitement of joining a new company...
...European settlers. These education theorists have replaced knowledge with process, phonics with whole language, merit with relevance and rigor with self-esteem. As a teacher who plans to retire soon, I shudder to think what the future holds for our youth if these college-of-education charlatans continue to reign. JOHANNA HAVER Phoenix, Ariz...