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...everyday strains of daily life also take their toll on students' bodies. Some haul almost half their body weight in their book bags to and from class each day. Others succumb to e-mail addiction, spending hours glued to the computer screen, feverishly typing. Such repetitive strains can all be eased through massage...
...point that the Iraqi people will rebel. Statistics, however, show that the Iraqi situation could hardly get worse than it is now. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization reports that sanctions have led to the deaths of more than 560,000 Iraqi children--a total greater than the death toll of Bosnian genocide. In a country of 20 million, 1 million have died since 1990. The truth of the matter is that suffering caused by bombing will only add to already overwhelming misery. Bombing Iraq once again, especially if Iraq does not first attack another country, will just...
Other cons to accepting include such factors as ineligibility for spring term freshman seminars and the psychological toll of advancing your academic career faster than you think feels right. What truly disturbs us, however, is the number of rumors, most of which are fully untrue, about the costs of Advanced Standing. Many think accepting brings on disadvantages with fellowships and difficulty in being considered for Phi Beta Kappa. But these factors are relevant only if you plan on graduating in three years; the fellowships office at the Office of Career Services and the Phi Beta Kappa director will tell...
...memoir that Nixon wanted Scaife to buy the Post during the Watergate scandal. Scaife has also financed the Southeastern Legal Foundation, a backer of former FBI agent Gary Aldrich's loosely sourced, Clinton-bashing best seller Unlimited Access, and the Free Congress Foundation, which once set up a toll-free hot line for women who claimed they had been sexually harassed by President Clinton. (Please hold; your call will be answered in the order in which it was received.) Yet another Scaife pet project, the Landmark Legal Foundation, has links to James Moody, the lawyer for Linda Tripp, and--very...
...Israelis into re-entering urban areas now under Palestinian control, where they would come under fire not only from Arafat's official forces but also from illegally armed Palestinians. The result would be high casualties on both sides. Arafat, according to the security official, believes a large death toll would force the U.S. to step in to stop the bloodletting and, presumably, impose a diplomatic solution that would give the Palestinians greater autonomy...