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...sentencing afterward, U.S. law has always taken into account a wide array of factors that might shed light on the responsibility of the accused. That might be a useful -- and defensible -- basis for a cultural defense, but only after some well-defined guidelines are developed to help steer the courts through this vexing legal issue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cultural Defense | 12/2/1993 | See Source »

Please, everyone, strive to help each other! Not to play amateur therapist, but to learn when and how to try to steer someone toward help. Everyone encounters people daily who are silently suffering in ways we may not imagine. We can all be much more alert for warning signs: often changes in sleep patterns, diet and weight, energy levels, and/or mood (`affect'), or perhaps simply the arrival of midterms can indicate some underlying condition which should be addressed...

Author: By John Duvivier, | Title: Depression: A Personal Account | 11/23/1993 | See Source »

Film makers must steer clear of Hollywood's glamour if they are to produce worthwhile movies, Mira Nair '78 said at Radcliffe College's Rama Mehta Lecture last night...

Author: By Jonathan A. Lewin, | Title: Director Warns of Hollywood Glamour | 11/2/1993 | See Source »

Political apathy among students may befurthered by the tendency among campus politicalgroups to steer clear of local politics...

Author: By David B. Lat, | Title: Does the Student Vote Matter in Cambridge? | 10/30/1993 | See Source »

...part, Utah went after new business with a one-stop-shopping regulatory agency and a program to steer youth toward high-tech jobs. (Utah claims its population is the most literate and youthful in the U.S.) It has a sophisticated state "center of excellence" that screens scientific and technological research projects with an eye to bringing the most promising to market. To convert miners into machinists, the state finances retraining programs both on campuses and at companies. State officials argue that it is no accident that McDonnell Douglas has laid off thousands of its workers in Long Beach, California; Mesa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rockies: Sky's The Limit | 9/6/1993 | See Source »

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