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...with disastrous consequences if the escalating violence is not contained and normalcy restored." Rajapakse told a Colombo newspaper last week: "If they insist on continuing their attacks, I will have to defend my country." Hawks are ascendant on both sides. DeVotta says elements in the government believe the split within the L.T.T.E. has weakened the rebels to a point where they can be beaten in war. Chalk and other observers predict a full-scale attack by the Tigers on Jaffna, accompanied by suicide bombs in Colombo. "If war breaks out it will spell doom to the entire country and create...
...create a new outreach committee), the UC, influenced by a number of student activists, decided to serve the College the best by reducing its numbers. With a 36 to 10 tally, the “2x2” bill—so-called because a total of two representatives, split between two committees, will represent each House and yard—narrowly achieved the three-fourths vote that is necessary to change the UC’s constitution. The plan disbands the UC’s Campus Life Committee (CLC), hence reducing the membership of the UC from...
...HUPD headquarters’ dispatch center at 1033 Mass. Ave. on a spring afternoon, one small television screen goes mostly unnoticed by the dispatcher, who sits, waiting for a 9-1-1 call. The screen, split in four, is showing live footage of four familiar campus locales. The first shows students walking outside the Science Center, the second shows the outside of Au Bon Pain, the third inside Holyoke Center, and the fourth shows the outside of a University animal facility...
...divorce after four years of marriage between an older man and a younger woman isn't usually headline material. But the split between Sir Paul McCartney, 20th century cultural icon, and Heather Mills, former model and campaigner against landmines and fur, is another matter entirely. The couple issued a bland statement blaming the media for most of their problems. "Our parting is amicable and both of us still care about each other very much but have found it increasingly difficult to maintain a normal relationship with constant intrusion into our private lives," they said. But the British tabloids are awash...
...several years they were a model of lesbian co-parenting. But Page grew upset that Sue didn't earn much money, and Sue was hurt that Page didn't recognize the value of her sacrifice. They split up when L. was seven years old. Ever since, they've been fighting for custody in the courts. Or sort of. Because the courts couldn't agree on whether Sue Carvin even had the right to fight for custody. She nurtured the child, but she wasn't the biological mother. So what was she, in the eyes...