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...Citing stringent federal privacy laws, the CIA would not reveal any identifiying information about the dismissed employee - including their length of service or whether they were an operational spy or analyst, for example, or even their gender. As a result, it was not immediately possible to seek comment from the individual...
...controversial bill, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives in December, would allow illegal immigrants to be prosecuted as criminals and calls for more stringent border security, among other measures...
...except that the job requires daily prayer, daily penance and lifelong celibacy. The work meant 12-hour days, six or seven days a week at Opus Dei centers from San Francisco to Boston, and Lucy says her minimum-wage salary was turned over to the organization. She found the stringent regulation of her life incredibly grueling. "You had to ask permission to do everything," she recalls. "If you wanted to go out with a friend, watch TV or listen to the radio...
...newly established Human Rights Council, calling it only marginally better than its predecessor. The U.S. proposal, unlike the one that passed, required member nations to garner a super majority of the vote rather than a simple majority in order to win a seat on the council. The more stringent standard was meant to prevent countries like Iran and Sudan—notorious for their gross violations of human rights—from gaining membership, as they had been able to do on the former U.N. Commission on Human Rights. We commend the U.S. for pushing for this higher standard, especially...
...with. Thus, the future is uncertain for Harvard downloaders.THE POWERS THAT BEJohn Palfrey, Executive Director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School, is not surprised by the harsh punishment faced by Thomas and Bowser. “Increasingly, we’ve seen very stringent penalties for copyright related law-breaking,” he says. “The entertain-ment industry has been quite aggressive.” The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has enthusiastically endorsed the in-dictment. “Everyone who participates in the creation of music...