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...damage to the dissidents is enormous. I don't know how they will recover now." AN UNNAMED EUROPEAN AMBASSADOR TO CUBA, on the prison sentences handed out to a slate of anti-Castro dissidents...
...Peace MIDDLE EAST The long-awaited road map for Israeli-Palestinian peace may be published this week, if Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas and his cabinet are confirmed as expected. But the diplomatically arduous process of getting Yasser Arafat to accept Abbas, better known as Abu Mazen, and his slate of ministers shows that, for the international plan to have any hope of success, another road map will be needed - for peace within the Palestinian camp. "The heavy pressure from European and Arab leaders on Arafat produced results," says Palestinian Legislative Council member Muawiya al-Masri. But it has also...
...Bridge program is only the most recent addition to Harvard’s considerable slate of benefits. The majority of University employees, from workers at the Adams House dining hall to security guards at Harvard’s art museums, are entitled to take Extension School courses through the Tuition Assistance Plan (TAP). The plan allows employees who put in at least half-time at Harvard to take a course every semester for only $40. The educational benefits that Harvard employees receive are matched by their health coverage. Workers are given the choice between 9 health plans, including HMOs like...
...have been known as a joker. I’m the goof, the comedian, the sarcastic guy, the prankster. The Crimson, an organization to which I have devoted countless hours since freshman year, held a dinner earlier this semester to welcome the paper’s new slate of executives and part with its seniors. While many of my fellow outgoing executives were eulogized for their dedication to paper and their contribution to its content, I was reassured that my “building presence” would be missed. The Crimson simply wouldn’t be the same...
Pinker’s most recent book, The Blank Slate, was a New York Times best-seller and has fueled controversy in the long-standing “nature versus nurture” debate...