Word: requesters
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...request for U.N. admission by Taiwan is largely symbolic. As a member of the Security Council, China can veto any application, and Taiwan has tried - and failed - to regain membership more than a dozen times since being expelled in 1971, when the U.N. granted China's seat to Beijing. American censure, therefore, comes mostly out of a desire to avoid upsetting what has always been a tenuous peace between the mainland and Taiwan. In July, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang warned the proposed vote could "have a grave impact on cross-Straits relations and seriously endanger peace and stability...
...inform them that they would no longer be receiving pillows from the College, in neighboring Pforzheimer House, some rooms received pillows while others did not. While there is good reason for some of the unevenness—a few house masters, such as those of Adams House, requested the pillows remain (and students in other houses can still receive pillows upon request), and the red phones remain in the Quad houses because of their spotty cell phone reception—there is no good reason for the absolute dearth of communication to students...
...issue for others, there are some students at the College for whom the new policy is a major inconvenience. Despite the administration’s promise to make financial aid available for students to buy cell phones to replace the red phones and the availability of pillows on request, the fact remains that the burden on such students could have been significantly reduced by a timelier announcement of the policy...
...unclear why the Indonesian Supreme Court has apparently now overturned that ruling. Neither side presented any fresh arguments before the high court. Once TIME is officially notified of the decision, it has the option of filing a request that the court review its decision, the final stage in the Indonesian legal process...
...issue pillow this fall are without hope. Cerullo reported that Adams House Master Sean Palfrey had asked Dorm Crew to leave the House’s pillows be. And according to the Office of Physical Resources, several cases of pillows had been retained to be distributed to students upon request, sparing them the 10 dollar bill for each of the pillows currently being marketed by Harvard Student Agencies.RED PHONE EXODUSJoining institutional pillows in the ranks of the deceased dorm room accessory, the red phones that were once standard issue for everyone from Wigglesworth to Winthrop also appear to have fallen...