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And in fact, the pillar of her administration's training for proctors and nonresident advisers--the people who deal with students on a day-to-day basis--will rely on old standby procedures. The week of orientation before students arrive. Ongoing training throughout the year. The monthly newsletter. Bimonthly meetings...
Novelty is king in high fashion. From the unexpected to the outrageous, it writes the rules of the upmarket game. This season, boutiques are full of dressy clothes in bright colors -- limes and lemons, oranges and magentas. Nothing new there. But wait -- the surprise element is that the costumes are...
Imagine having to hitch a 3,000-mile ride to your job. That is the plight of TWA crew members in Los Angeles who feel stranded by Carl Icahn's decision to sell off the airline's transcontinental routes. Hundreds of Los Angeles-based crews who handle international flights out...
Those failures have ignited an angry debate between the Pentagon, which wants to reduce the number of standby soldiers, and the weekend warriors' supporters in Congress. The dispute has become acrimonious because the Guard, the reserves and the regular armed forces are all fighting for a share of a defense...
But the U.S. budgeted just $10 million for disaster detection and preparation this year, while private charities are being whipsawed by conflicting demands. Says Marcus Thompson, Oxfam's emergencies director: "We are going flat out everywhere." What about a multinational force independent of the U.N.? The belated but effective intervention...