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Another alternative alluded to by Administration sources was to recognize the contras as a government-in-exile and funding them openly rather than covertly. But an Administration official conceded that this would be risky, since it would be "tantamount to a declaration of war." Still another option floated by Government officials is getting Congress to approve "humanitarian aid" to support the contras' families, many of whom live in Honduras and Guatemala, with the expectation that the money would be passed on to the fighting men. Again, Congress would probably be opposed to such a sleight-of-hand funding. The President...
Founded in 1650, just 14 years after Harvard itself. The Corporation is the oldest self perpetuating body in the Western Hemisphere. As Harvard's principal governing body, tantamount to a board of trustees, the Corporation has the final say over the academic direction, personnel and fiscal plans of the University's 10 faculties, and numerous research centers, libraries and museums. It controls a $600 million yearly budget and a $2.3 billion endowment. And legally, the seven men--there has never been a woman on the Corporation--own all of Harvard's buildings, property and assets...
Some other participants in the two-month old strike, however, criticized the proposed tactic and said the move would be tantamount to giving...
...semiotics at Indiana University. Sebeok called for the creation of an "atomic priesthood" to pass along, over the millenniums, rituals and legends that would explain the dangers of waste dumps. Such forms of communication, said Sebeok, could contain "the veiled threat that to ignore the mandate would be tantamount to inviting some sort of supernatural retribution." The task force cautioned that "there is controversy among historians over the efficacy of oral transmission as a method for accurately conveying information over long time periods" but suggested further study of the technique...
...with confidence that a defendant was sane, both 'guilty but mentally ill' and 'guilty but insane' permit the evasion of the hard, unqualified choice between guilty or not guilty usually required by the criminal law." The move towards a double standard of judicial judgment for the mentally ill is tantamount to making constitutional a cynical and callous assessment of the status of a fellow citizen. The proposed mens rea standard (already accepted in certain states) seems ambiguous at best. The question of intent or motivation, separate from the crucial one of illness, is thorny and puts us closer to equating...