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...Grant, a district attorney in suburban Denver and consultant to Hunter, scoffs at White's contention of a tacit agreement among authorities to delay the investigation to such an extent that foggy memories and undeveloped leads would result in the case's being derailed by the grand jury, which is expected to begin hearing evidence this month. "He doesn't know anything about prosecution procedures," says Grant. "He's an extremely frustrated guy, and you can understand that because he was there when the body was found. He seems to be going off the deep...
...YORK: Scott Ritter is back on point for the U.N. arms inspection team -- but this time he's targeting the Security Council and the Clinton administration. Ritter resigned from UNSCOM Wednesday, accusing the Security Council -- with the tacit support of Washington -- of caving in to Iraq. Ritter's departure follows the U.N.'s decision, backed by the U.S., to refrain from undertaking arms inspections that would turn Iraq's recent refusal to cooperate with UNSCOM into a new confrontation...
After 30 years of stability and tacit cooperation in Ivy League financial aid, a January announcement by Princeton University set off a chain reaction that pushed five of the nation's top universities into increased generosity in a matter of months...
...issue long-ago abandoned by the UC as not worth its time, it seems that some progress may now be made as a result of the UC's increased lobbying this semester. Dean Lewis has expressed tacit support for cable television at least in the common areas of the houses and Yard (i.e. Grills, JCRs, etc.), and the University is currently in discussion about the possibility of bringing this cable to Harvard students. The long-term goal remains cable television in every suite at Harvard, but the common areas constitute an important first step. Look for UC reps in your...
Girl in Landscape thus revisits the Western film genre, offers a noteworthy character development and provides a profound, albeit tacit, discussion of language and meaning--all compensating for an overly transparent style. Maybe Lethem's next works will stray, stylistically, from the clarity that one of his epigraphs calls for, quoting none other than John Wayne: "I don't trust ambiguity." Ambiguity plagues words for Pella; perhaps it should begin to spill into Lethem's prose as well...