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...Still, some lawmakers want to regulate how long a plane can sit on the tarmac. In March, "The Airline Passenger's Bill of Rights" was introduced in both the House, by Rep. Mike Thompson, a California Democrat, and the Senate, by Barbara Boxer, a California Democrat, and Olympia Snowe, a Maine Republican. Under the bill, passengers reserve the right to deplane after four hours on the tarmac. Airlines would also be required to keep an adequate amount of food and water on hand, to maintain sanitary conditions and to keep passengers informed of the cause and timing of delays...
...dealing with a new set of administrators, but his plans are no less far-reaching than they were this spring. By the end of December, he says, Petersen would like to see a reformed Administrative Board and, perhaps, the institution of an honor code. He also wants students to sit on the secretive and influential Faculty of Arts and Sciences Resources Committee...
...Smith, who will take over as dean in July, says teaching reform will be one of his priorities. “We need to sit down and seriously consider all of the recommendations that are in that report...
...Mayor of Cambridge Kenneth E. Reeves ’72 has been an active figure in local politics since his senior year of college, when he participated in a University Hall sit-in against Harvard’s Angolan investments. As a Cambridge city councillor since 1989, and with his third term as America’s first openly gay black mayor coming to a close, Reeves has established himself as a Cambridge icon...
...demand for their work grew, the families of the seamstresses reluctantly permitted them to work together at a workshop in the town. That was a breath of freedom for the girls who sit on cushions on the floor chatting while carefully using needles to work colorful silk threads and beads onto garments, bedding, cushions, and soft leather sandals and belts sent from Cairo or Florence. These sheltered women, most of whom have never set foot outside of Siwa, have been delighted to see recordings of the Scervino Milan show and images of beautiful women posing on the covers of Cosmo...