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...organizations on campus, but in order to do that effectively, we must raise our budge, while maintaining our autonomy. If the University just gives us more money, then we'll be forced to give up our control over the grants process, which would allow the administration to impose more stringent regulation on grant application. We feel that it is important for us to keep control of the grants process so you can get your money easily...
...advocacy group. The Natural Resources Defense Council tested 1,000 samples of 103 brands and found that while the quality of most samples was fine, at least a third had levels of bacteria and chemicals that exceeded the industry's own purity guidelines. Nearly a quarter violated California's stringent standards for chemicals such as arsenic. The industry stands by its brands; so, it seems, does the government. Federal agencies, says the NRDC, don't test bottled water as frequently as they test what comes from...
...trial. We have to be cautious to avoid any panic among leaders of the Khmer Rouge." Hun Sen fears that a large-scale trial would disturb the balance he has achieved, one that has rabid guerrillas, royalists and former communists from his own party in check under his stringent authority. "For the first time in 30 years," he says, "Cambodia is at peace." U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright feels otherwise about a trial: "We think it is the only way to bring reconciliation." Hun Sen dismisses such disagreeableness. "If one wants to work with Hun Sen, one should study...
With some stores cracking down, shoplifters areturning to those that have less stringent securitysystems, either because of negligence or a lack offunds...
...rules are stronger and more stringent thanthe government's," said Joe Wrinn, a Harvardspokesperson. "Harvard's own review found HIID'spolicies were fundamentally sound...