Word: review
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...saved his battalion by killing 600 Japanese soldiers during a 21-hour siege on New Guinea in 1942, Sergeant David Rubitsky was never awarded the Medal of Honor. Jewish groups and veterans' organizations claim that anti-Semitism was the reason. Last week, after a two-year inquiry, an Army review board ruled that Rubitsky was not entitled to the medal. Lieut. Colonel Terrence Adkins, who led the inquiry, said Rubitsky's exploits "did not occur as alleged." An investigator described as "fraudulent" a photo with Japanese inscriptions declaring that "600 fine soldiers died because of a solitary American soldier." Rubitsky...
Decaying labs and desperately low salaries have made hiring another FDA travail. Some important drug-review posts have an annual turnover rate of 20%. At least one former FDA official believes many new employees use their stint at the agency to bolster resumes that are then quickly circulated to industry...
Despite recalling its birth as the beginning of higher education in America, the University sadly missed this opportunity to re-examine either itself or education in general. Both are replete with problems, a serious review might have been a perfect birthday gift--from Harvard to its students, faculty, alumni and staff, and to the educators worldwide who view this university as a model for excellence. Enjoy your party, Harvard. But forgive us, if you will, for thinking beyond the celebration. Classes, thankfully, begin in a few weeks...
...ACTUALLY fairly unlikely that any one person or group will win. But people tend to describe history as if they already have. Just watch the 3000 review shows about to appear on television, all entitled, "looking back at the 1980s." And ask yourself how you would write the history of the decade...
...inductees were chosen by a review board of seven people, including faculty members, Radcliffe graduates and inductees from last spring...