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These days, Summers is seldom mentioned in the press without some reference to the numerous public scandals that have forced his foot into his mouth since those early days in Washington. Over the course of the last six weeks, as public outrage over Summers’ remarks suggesting differences of “intrinsic ability” between men and women continued to snowball, the media has not given Summers a single day off. Most of the nation’s major news dailies have published editorials on the “women in science” scandal...
...third option, seldom taken and shrouded in secrecy, is taking the case to the Administrative Board...
...speakers and some media-playing software, such as RealPlayer (www.real.com), Winamp (www.winamp.com) or Windows Media Player (www.microsoft.com). These players can be downloaded for free and come loaded with a select list of Web stations. Here's a pick of the Web's best broadcasters of the offbeat and seldom heard...
...Labor government in the early 1990s, Australia's policy of detaining all who arrive on its shores illegally has been continued by the conservative government of John Howard since it first won office in 1996. It's a policy as controversial as it is implacable - and it has seldom stirred more debate than since the revelation on Feb. 4 that a mentally ill Australian woman, Cornelia Rau, had been held for four months at South Australia's remote Baxter detention center after claiming to be an illegal immigrant from Germany. Among Australia's long-term detainees are those who have...
...corporations are seldom held accountable. When they are, the most fearsome penalty the government can come up with amounts to no more than back pay and a sign posted by the company promising not to repeat the violations. The Ad Board couldn’t even scare a Harvard student with that. What’s more, the penalty comes after years of court procedures, leaving the union dead in the water by the time the case is resolved...