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This is just Round 1 in a long fight. University officials are considering an appeal to the state even as they threaten job cutbacks and increased dorm fees for all students. Says Kay Scanlan, spokeswoman for Umass: "We could change the program. We could refuse to bargain. We can go to court...
...Broad threats in your foreign policy - like the recent leaks from the White House of rogue nations that could be targeted with nuclear weapons - can also complicate a doctrine. Says Hyde: "To threaten dire consequences for any country harboring terrorists is a rallying cry for the faithful, but it can bump into reality and be a lot harder to execute." "That's why it's so important that the President choose his words carefully," says Hagel. "When you talk about using nuclear weapons, that's a new dynamic that most presidents don't talk as openly about. It opens...
...rule, it's not a good idea to pick up a gun, take over the emergency room of a hospital and threaten to kill your family's cardiac surgeon. But that's what Denzel Washington's character does in the film John Q. when his son is denied the heart transplant he needs to survive. And if box-office reaction is any indication, plenty of frustrated health-care consumers have at least fantasized about doing the same thing: John Q., released in late February, hit No. 1 in its first week and stayed near the top. But does HMO hell...
...into two camps. The prestige fanatics worry about marring Harvard’s image as the nation’s wealthiest University. But with Harvard’s endowment safely billions of dollars larger than its nearest competitor spending a few extra dollars isn’t likely to threaten its position at the top. The doomsayers, on the other hand, worry about saving Harvard’s endowment for the proverbial rainy day when a cloudy economic climate will demand that Harvard dip into its stash. But, if Harvard doesn’t think that it?...
...shabnamas" (night-letters) in Afghan cities such as Kandahar and Jalalabad and in various parts of Khost and Paktia provinces. The authors proclaim "jihad" against foreign troops and urge Afghans to evict the "occupation forces." Some express support for Osama bin Laden and Taliban leader Mullah Omar, and also threaten serious consequences for Afghans cooperating with...