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...have tremendous respect for Professor Tribe as an academic and as a person. He is one of the top constitutional scholars in the world, and he is rightfully respected both within and beyond the academic community. His University professorship, one of only nineteen, reflects this distinguished record. The troubling trend, which we protest, is that these impressive credentials have lead to effective immunity from punishment for plagiarism. A highly distinguished resume should not exempt one from facing the consequences of academic dishonesty...
...concern. The number of attacks against U.S. and Iraqi forces is hovering around 30 to 40 a day, down from a spike of 140 in the days leading up to the Jan. 30 election. But a senior Pentagon official doesn't know whether the lower number amounts to a trend or only a lull. "It could just as well go up next week," he says. The ever present dangers for both foreign and Iraqi civilians were underscored last week by the kidnapping of a U.S. contractor and a rash of suicide bombings; 19 Iraqis were killed in a single...
...should be noted that we understand concerns of intellectual property rights. And we’re sympathetic. However, it’s a new day for the music industry; instead of fighting the future, the RIAA and the artists that they represent should embrace the Internet, and the trend that is being set by wildly successful ventures such as Apple’s iTunes music store. Scare tactics such as lawsuits will only encourage innovative students to devise new ways of anonymously procuring free music. Instead, the RIAA should work with music fans and Internet software developers to come...
...newly formed government there. And the Saudi government has even raised the possibility of granting women the right to vote in the next elections. Shibley Telhami, a Middle East expert at the University of Maryland at College Park, thinks the Grand Mufti's statement on marriage could augur a trend. "If you start mobilizing the quiet majority by putting this on the agenda," he says, "society starts to change." --By Julie Rawe. Reported by Nadia Mustafa, Scott MacLeod and Amany Radwan
...NAHB's Remodelers Council estimates that nearly one-quarter of the $100 billion a year that baby boomers spend on remodeling is devoted to aging-in-place modifications. And with the graying of the nation's population, the demand for universal design "isn't even a trend, it's a necessity," says Melanie Hinton, formerly of NAHB. "It's not going away like avocado and harvest-gold appliances." --By Elizabeth Pope