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...Faculty of Arts and Sciences' (FAS) once-tenuous finances are now overflowing with Capital Campaign money, Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles wrote in his annual letter to the Faculty, released yesterday...

Author: By Jason M. Goins and Rosalind S. Helderman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Knowles' Annual Letter Upbeat, Addresses Size of Faculty | 2/11/1999 | See Source »

...case, which was heard before the Navajo Nation Supreme Court Saturday morning at Harvard Law School (HLS), illustrates the complicated and tenuous relationship between the national and American Indian judicial systems...

Author: By Jason M. Goins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Navajo Nation Case Could Redefine Scope of Tribal Courts | 2/10/1999 | See Source »

...spectral magnificence, the tail of a comet is about as close as you can get to nothing at all, a banner of dust so tenuous that a cubic mile's worth wouldn't fill a shoebox. Yet that near nothingness holds many secrets. Comets are leftovers from the creation of the solar system 4.5 billion years ago; they also delivered organic chemicals and water--the crucial building blocks of life--to the young Earth. Scientists would love, therefore, to get a bit of comet into the lab for analysis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Close Encounter with a Comet | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

Still, Noyes cautions that she wouldn't describe Mather's musical aptitude as a new stereotype--and the new characterizations seem more tenuous than before...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PREVIEW '99 | 2/5/1999 | See Source »

...Palestinian leader is eager not to waste any of the opportunities that have been granted to him by the political disarray in Israel. As the Israelis debate whom to elect and where to take their country following the tenuous Wye peace accords, Arafat has made it a point to remain focused on his immediate goal. "His number one priority is to improve his relationship with Washington," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "His principal strategy is aimed at undermining the United States' traditional pro-Israeli stance." Arafat and other Palestinian leaders believe that if they can warm U.S. officials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mr. Arafat Goes to Washington | 2/3/1999 | See Source »

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