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...could become for gay couples what Las Vegas and Reno have been for heterosexuals: a quickie wedding capital. In a ground-breaking decision, the Hawaii supreme court has declared that barring gay marriages probably violates state equal-protection guarantees and ordered the state to justify the ban under the strictest judicial standards. If the ruling holds, Hawaii can expect a tidal wave of fiances; the other 49 states are likely to get a big legal headache. Even if they refuse to follow Hawaii's lead, they will have to decide whether or not to honor its gay marriages...
Associate Dean of the Faculty for Academic Affairs Phyllis Keller said that when Harvard's policies first took effect in 1983, they were among the strictest in the nation...
...latest word is 'don't,'" said Susan Lonoff, associate director of the Bok Center for Teaching and Learning. "Harvard has one of the strictest policies [about teacher-student ties...
TALK ABOUT U-TURNS. WITH A PEN'S STROKE, PRESIdent Lech Walesa set in motion legal machinery that within weeks will transform Poland from a country with virtually no legal limits on abortion to one that possesses (next to Ireland) Europe's strictest laws on terminating pregnancies. Under the new measure, doctors can perform abortions only when there is proof of rape, incest, genetic abnormality in the fetus or an imminent threat to a mother's health. Noncomplying physicians are liable to two-year prison sentences...
While the guidelines are the strictest ever, they will apply to just 1,100 of the 3,000 appointments Clinton expects to make. Members of his transition team were said to be concerned that making the rules too strict would scare away the best job candidates. And you thought government service -- at a good salary -- was sufficient reward in itself...