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...issued another alert about possible terrorism attacks, but this time quietly. Law-enforcement sources tell TIME the bureau has sent word to its field offices and 56 federal terrorism task forces that they should advise local officials to tighten security around large apartment buildings, as well as busy malls, supermarkets and restaurants. The alert is a response to statements made by captured bin Laden aide Abu Zubaydah. According to sources, Abu Zubaydah told interrogators that al-Qaeda operatives were discussing attacks on "soft targets," meaning nongovernmental buildings and places where large numbers of Americans gather. Although investigators remain leery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Abu Zubaydah Warns Again | 5/20/2002 | See Source »

More than 150 students and faculty demanded at a rally yesterday that Harvard reverse its recent decision to tighten the standards for sexual assault investigations by the College’s Administrative Board...

Author: By Anne K. Kofol, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rally Protests Sexual Assault Policy Change | 5/17/2002 | See Source »

...impressionable, but not to being hypercredulous simps. His first two tactics for system being, his Vague Generalities and Artful Equivocation, seem to presume the latter, and are only going to convince Crimson-reading graders (there are a few and we tell our friends) that the time has come to tighten the screws just a bit more...

Author: By An ANONYMOUS Grader, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Grader's Reply | 5/15/2002 | See Source »

Last month Kennedy School of Government Dean Joseph S. Nye announced the school’s estimated deficit for Fiscal Year 2002 is now $5.6 million. And many schools have had to tighten their financial belts in recent months...

Author: By Catherine E. Shoichet, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Provost Crunches University Budgets | 5/15/2002 | See Source »

With over 90 percent of Harvard undergraduates receiving honors diplomas 2001, there is a clear need to tighten the College’s honors requirements. The Faculty Council took a step in that direction two weeks ago, making a bold recommendation to change the way Harvard awards honors. Its plan would limit honors to 60 percent of students based solely on grade point average after each department recommends honors for its concentrators...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Restoring Honor to Diplomas | 5/13/2002 | See Source »

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