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...charity is no longer beyond reproach. Corporate America has been penned in by new regulations imposed by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, but the nonprofit sector faces few rules for disclosing financial health, paying executives or explaining spending. But in the postscandal era, state and federal lawmakers are pushing for stricter standards of governance for nonprofits...
Only now do New Orleans residents seem to understand the foolishness of destroying the protective wetlands and the need for stricter building codes. I am truly sorry for the misfortune that has befallen New Orleans. But I just do not feel personally obligated to pay for it. CRAIG M. MILLER Lakewood, Ohio...
Such arguments don't persuade U.S. Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania. Santorum, who has a German shepherd named Schatzie, has long advocated stricter animal-care laws, which regulate the basic food, shelter and air quality that wholesalers must provide for animals. He says his state's dubious distinction as the "Puppy-Mill Capital of the East" is part of what motivates him to press for change. In May, he introduced the federal Pet Animal Welfare Statute (PAWS), which would require anyone who sells more than 25 dogs a year to comply with the same inspections as large-scale wholesalers...
After Sept. 11, the State Department instituted stricter visa policies for many countries. Some students accepted at Harvard and elsewhere have missed enrollment deadlines while waiting for clearance...
...Yale sophomore said that as a result of the raid, the club will probably be stricter than usual on ID’s, just in time for Harvard-Yale weekend...