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Twenty-five years later, Harvard and others anxiously await the Court’s decision—expected this month—on a pair of affirmative action cases that threaten to overturn the precedent Harvard helped...
...societal level, when we demand government protection from the risks we’re all afraid of—risks that hit our emotional hot buttons even though they may not necessarily be the ones that threaten us the most—time and money devoted to these lesser risks aren’t available to protect us from the bigger ones, and some of the people left exposed to those big ones...
Last November, Bok wrote in the Chronicle that “out-of-scale” presidential compensation can threaten academic integrity...
Denner focused yesterday on Pring-Wilson’s exemplary background and spotless record. He said these are indicators his client will not threaten the community in any way. He suggested that explanations surrounding the disputed details of the fight are irrelevant until a trial by jury...
...combatants. GAM claims to want independence; the military intends "to defend the country's unity at all costs," says Defense Ministry Director of Strategic Planning, General Sudrajat. But the situation is muddied by economics: both sides profit through smuggling, extortion, illegal logging and the sale of marijuana. Peace would threaten cash flow. "Both GAM and the government are more interested in saving face than saving the lives of the Acehnese people," says Ghazali Abbas Adan, an Acehnese representative to the People's Consultative Assembly, Indonesia's highest legislative body...