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...often thought there was a reason the Puritans had such strict laws: The weather made them do it. The French philosopher Montesquieu suggested that climate and other environmental factors help determine forms of government. I would go a step further and say that climate determines a region's personality. After all, when you're walking around in the 17th century with nary a fox skin covering your shoulders, who wants to stop and say hello...
Heeding the public clamor for cleaner government, the House gave final approval to a sweeping reform bill on lobbying and sent it to the President, who has said he will sign it. The legislation imposes strict registration rules on lobbyists, requiring them to disclose their clients, the issues they have worked on and the money they have been paid...
TIME: Most European Union countries, including France, cannot yet meet all the criteria of the Maastricht Treaty. Wouldn't some delay in the single currency or a relaxation of the very strict criteria make sense...
...plans revenge, oversees the engagement of his daughter Miranda (Jessalyn Gilsig) to Prince Ferdinand of Naples (Scott Ripley) and foils Caliban's plot against his life, Freeman evokes every doubt, conviction and emotion Prospero experiences. He is temperamental and harsh with his spirit-servant Ariel, kind but strict toward Caliban and a little amazed by his own decision to forgive his betrayers and give up his powers. In the midst of the fantastic world created by Daniels, Freeman's Prospero gives the play a familiar and human center. Both his controlled performance and the dazzling monologues in which he faces...
...Assistant Professor of Computer Science Margo I. Seltzer '83, who teaches Computer Science 50: "Introduction to Computer Science," says her teaching fellows must follow strict grading standards...