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...various times by the rulers of France, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Russia, Japan; the Papacy itself once suppressed the organization for 41 years. In modern times, no episode was as humiliating as the vote of no confidence that Pope John Paul II cast in 1981. After the society's head, Superior General Pedro Arrupe, suffered a stroke, the Pontiff suspended the normal succession and installed his own men as the Jesuits' temporary leaders...
...students' lawsuit, filed in Middlesex Superior Court, specifically charge that the Law School uses subjective criteria in its faculty hiring policies that unfairly tip the scales against women and minorities. Such criteria, the students allege, includes picking scholars who have been law review editors and judicial clerks as well as those who have already published work in academic journals...
...molecules of different substances will fit together. As a result, complex compounds can be made to order for specific tasks. They can be engineered to be as solid as cement yet as light as foam cushion, or sturdy like steel but pliable like rubber. Because of their superior properties, advanced materials are rapidly replacing ordinary steel, aluminum and plastics in everything from cutlery to cars. Scientists have high hopes of conserving natural commodities such as iron, wood and rubber. Says Robert Newnham, a professor of solid-state science at Pennsylvania State: "At one time, we had to settle for whatever...
Edelman said that although Yale won the event most recently in 1987, the Harvard team is superior since it is presently the national champion and has won the Pan-American tournament...
Publicity Shy--Defense attorneys in the case of a former Northeastern University student suing the Pi Eta Speakers' Club over an alleged rape there two years ago gave a Superior Court judge a number of exhibits to support their motion for a gag order against a lawyer for the plaintiff...