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...Hickley decision may or may not have been correct: only those well-versed in the nuances of human will can begin to guess. One thing is sure, however, political conservatives will use the unpopular not guilty verdict to back up their calls for tougher criminal justice policies, to roll back the procedural guarantees of the accused enshrined during the last quarter-century and now under attack anew in Congress...
...Labor, and 22% the Social Democrat-Liberal alliance. Said a senior Thatcher aide of the British spirit: "We do take a long time to rouse. We avoid it. But when we are roused, there's no stopping us. The ordinary working man in this country is a much tougher bastard than he is given credit...
...follows this trend. Notes Claire Guthrie, assistant general counsel of the American Council on Education: "This woman is not concerned with establishing some profound legal principle. She knows jobs are tough to get out there, and that when you have a mark against you, it is all that much tougher. She's trying to protect herself." But if Gabrielle Napolitano succeeds in reversing the university's action, the danger is that she may establish a legal precedent, one that could erode the right of Princeton and other private universities to act as the sole judge of misconduct within...
...study is that among single people with three or more years at a university, single women have a better chance of reaching the executive level than single men. His explanation: French women who have overcome the obstacles of three years at traditionally male-dominated French universities are tougher than single males...
Argentina was fully aware of the British handicap and, if anything, seemed to be taking an even tougher line, both militarily and diplomatically. As one senior Argentine Cabinet minister and confidant of President Galtieri's told TIME last week, "We are not trying to strut like roosters, but I am less worried today than when the British fleet sailed. The loss of so many lives has made negotiations more difficult. Above all, the Argentine people will not let us take one step backward. The Argentines are winning...