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...society is still laboring under some misconception that tends to steer women away from fields such as math and physics," Elkies says...

Author: By Susan A. Chen, | Title: In Math Department, It's Mostly Male | 10/20/1994 | See Source »

...glad that Harvard does its best to steer people away from the a strictly pre-professional path," said Wu, who has also received a job offer from Smith Barney. "Harvard prepares you incredibly for the business world...

Author: By Michael M. Luo, | Title: Seniors Vie for Jobs In Recruiting Fairs | 10/7/1994 | See Source »

...Changes from the defeated version included a shift in about $2 billion from prevention to enforcement, bringing the total authorization for police hiring and training to $13.5 billion and for prison construction to $9.9 billion, while leaving $5.5 billion for recreational and educational programs designed to steer young people away from crime. Non- monetary provisions included tougher penalties for sex offenders and spouse abusers. Funding for the justice center at Lamar University was deleted. Over all, the bill was $3.3 billion cheaper than the conference bill defeated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Evolution of a Crime Bill | 9/5/1994 | See Source »

Like so much else about the Clinton operation, the February effort to steer the RTC probe was informal, haphazard and sometimes desperate. It appeared to accelerate every time Altman, who oversaw the RTC, tried to remove himself from management of the Madison probe. The key events...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Culture of Deception | 8/15/1994 | See Source »

...peace in Rwanda, so why are only 550 there? Because the governments that promised to supply those troops haven't equipped them to go, the U.N.'s top peacekeeping official complained today. Undersecretary-General Kofi Annan said the troops should "be deployed at full strength rapidly" to help steer the Rwandan refugees back home. For now, the mostly Canadian U.N. force is mostly on its own until 4,000 or more U.S. troops arrive within days. BTW: Americans have contributed at least $39 million in aid to Rwandan refugees this month, from $1 donations from 11 senior citizens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RWANDA . . . U.N. FORCES STAY HOME | 7/28/1994 | See Source »

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