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Former President Alicia E. Johnson '01 said the past board's emphasis on its social position stemmed in part from a desire to strengthen the black community on campus...
...letter of recommendation for Gaughan and Daggett, Margo A. Welch, director of the Collaborative Integrated Services at the GSE, commended their "energy, determination to understand and to succeed, and the readiness to strengthen connections between people who can make a difference...
...Antiballistic Missile Treaty and limit any extra interceptor weapons the U.S. wants to deploy to shorter-range models that wouldn't threaten Russia. But those side agreements still have to be ratified by the Senate, and hard-line Republicans there vow to block them, claiming their passage would strengthen the ABM Treaty, which they want to kill, and make it harder to deploy a national missile defense...
Never mind that the markets shrugged, then rallied. The Dow closed the week up 4.9%; the supercharged NASDAQ rose 3.4%. That may only strengthen Greenspan's resolve. To be sure, the economy has been dangerously robust the past couple of quarters. And the gross domestic product is expected to rise 4.1% this year, well ahead of the Fed's presumed "speed limit" of around 3.5%. The torrid growth rate is what Greenspan cites most often when justifying rate increases...
...often wretched. There are just 910 women for every 1,000 men, a result of female feticide and infanticide as well as sheer neglect and malnutrition--and barely 20% of them are literate. Spousal abuse, child marriage and mistreatment of daughters are all common. "This is a movement to strengthen the democracy," Srivastava says of her protests. "It is a long journey, but it is bright...