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...past year. The institution of campus-wide elections of the president and vice president, which occurred for the first time in April, and the adoption of the Nelson-Grimmelmann Act, which allows the council to submit legislation to the dean of the College for approval, have the potential to transform what was, at best, a glorified dance committee into a truly representative body capable of advocating student interests...
...tribunal, appealed in Washington for military action to apprehend the Bosnian Serb ringleaders but returned last week with no encouragement. Bildt attempted to sideline Karadzic by elevating more moderate political rivals, among them Prime Minister Rajko Kasagic. When Karadzic sacked the Prime Minister two weeks ago, Bildt labored to transform the dismissal into a real power split that would displace Karadzic, but the effort fizzled. In response, Karadzic brazenly promoted more hard-line loyalists to influential positions...
...federal district court in Washington, changing his mind at the last minute, fearing he was too liberal. Last fall, as Edelman watched the welfare battle take shape, she privately implored the President not to compromise federal standards. When Clinton nevertheless signaled his support for a Senate bill that would transform federal welfare spending into a system of smaller, block grants to the states--thereby eliminating the safety net of protections that children have, regardless of which state they live in--Edelman spoke...
...Start is foundering on Capitol Hill. And despite the fact that Hillary Clinton is a past CDF chairman and children's advocate, the organizers have also stopped counting on support from a mercurial White House. When President Clinton voiced his support last year for a Senate bill that would transform federal welfare spending into a system of smaller, block grants to the states which would eliminate the safety net of protections for children ? Edelman responded with an "Open Letter to the President" in the Washington Post, complete with the barb: "This is a defining moral litmus test for your...
...find David Gordon at the precise point of shame and bitterness when the immigrant experience persuaded him to construct a disguise. There are two great losses here. A little girl loses her father's hand in a swirling crowd. And a boy loses his way as he tries to transform himself as that American ideal...