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...School faculty members voted 25-3 to tighten existing honors requirements last month, a move that has met with mixed reactions from students...
...response to the attack, the Clinton administration has decided to support a bill that will tighten the sanctions of the already existing U.S. embargo and suspend most air travel to the island. It has also prompted an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council in order to obtain a declaration of condemnation against the Cuban government's actions. The administration's response to the attack can only be termed as weak and hesitant. We call on the administration to reconsider and increase the pressure on the illegitimate Castro regime, which is the most oppressive this hemisphere has ever witnessed...
...Most of the houses will accommodate in a more public space the lighting of the candles," Lewis said, noting that the "reasonable alternative" of having the celebrations elsewhere allowed him to tighten the restrictions on open flames...
Since February 24, when Cuban MIG fighter jets shot down two planes piloted by members of a Cuban-American exile group, the American government and media have treated the relationship between the two countries very seriously. On March 2, the Clinton administration announced that it would tighten sanctions against Castro's regime. The press has focused on the technicalities of territorial airspace and profiled outraged exile leaders. However, the national uproar over this incident has been ideologically and historically circumscribed, leaving most Americans with a lopsided view of Cuban-American relations and American foreign policy...
...role of Gingrich's minder. For months Gingrich has used his hard-line freshmen as a foil in his negotiations. The White House has not always believed his hands were tied, but in recent days the tension between Gingrich and his troops was obvious. When the negotiators decided to tighten the circle, the White House wanted Armey gone. But Gingrich insisted he stay, saying that excluding the majority leader would be unacceptable to the House Republicans. They wanted him as an ideological check, as well as an alternative to the increasingly discredited Speaker...