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...slew of Harvard studies, academic works and editorials provided the fodder for affirmative action supporters nationwide...

Author: By Jenifer L. Steinhardt, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Affirming Diversity | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

...Allen entered Columbia’s Ph.D. program to study a slew of fields—from ethics to the philosophy of language—and found himself teaching again. This time he became a preceptor for Columbia’s famous “Great Books” course, where he taught eager undergraduates about philosophers like Aristotle, Locke and Hegel...

Author: By Alex L. Pasternack, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Man With the Answers: Allen GrapplesWith Life’s Questions | 6/4/2003 | See Source »

Announcing their 2003-04 schedules in New York City last week, TV executives said that next fall they will not resort to cheap reality stunts in midseason. All six broadcast networks will rise on the strength of a slew of creative new hits. And a special attachment will allow you to print $20 bills from your cable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is It A New Reality? | 5/26/2003 | See Source »

...Unlike Aceh, East Timor no longer suffers at the often brutal hands of the Indonesian military. But now, a year after winning its freedom, this tiny nation faces a slew of daunting challenges, from constructing a viable economy to repairing lives ravaged by more than 20 years of violence and misery. None have endured more than the former members of the guerrilla group Falintil, those most responsible for liberating East Timor. For two decades these defiant fighters clung to what President Xanana Gusmao, himself a former guerrilla leader, once called the "sacred ideal" of independence. Now that they have achieved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War's Over, Now What? | 5/26/2003 | See Source »

...Then, on the second day of the three-day talks, Li, true to his script, informed Kelly that North Korea indeed possesses nuclear weapons, might well choose to export or "demonstrate" them and would base its decision on whether Washington meets a slew of demands, including lots more aid. Li added that the plutonium from the Yongbyon reactor?material that $400 million in U.S. heavy-fuel-oil payments was meant to keep "frozen"?was now almost completely reprocessed. North Korea then called off the third day of talks, explaining that the Americans "had nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reckless Driving | 5/5/2003 | See Source »

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