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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...extremely happy for him," said Harvard President Neil L. Rudenstine, who said Carnesale kept him informed throughout the UCLA chancellor search. "He's a very superb person, a superb academic officer and administrator, and while we've been talking quite extensively about this particular incident, in a way we've known sooner or later something like this would happen...
Carnesale's confirmation as chancellor will end a search of approximately five months...
...flung corners of the nation arrives by the carload, hoping that Shanghai will be the land of plenty. Ran Yigang, a scruffy 23-year-old with the thick hands of a farm laborer, got off the train last week from Anhui, one of the poorest provinces. All day he searched in vain for construction work, then collapsed on a bag of clothing in front of the station. He considered whether to take a room for $2.50, a price he considers usurious, or hop a train in search of work elsewhere. "I wonder how people here get so rich," he says...
Socially responsible travelers are delighted to spend up to 45 minutes wending their way through airport security. At least that's what they say when they're interviewed at the ticket counter for the 6 o'clock news: Search me! Strip me! Empty my bags out all over the floor! Hey, I could be the crazed terrorist of the week and not even know...
...THIS WHAT SUPERMAN SEES? Terrorists and smugglers routinely hide weapons and drugs on their person. Now technology (developed by American Science & Engineering) enables security personnel to conduct a body search without ordering the removal of a single stitch of clothing. Are you sure you want airline employees to undress you with their eyes...