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...which entered West Beirut to "maintain the peace" after the assasination of Christian President-elect Bashir Gemayel--erred dramatically on two counts. The force ordered the Christian Phalangists into the camps without taking into account their history of violent excesses and desire for vengeance. And once the slaughter was underway, the Israeli soldiers did nothing to stop it, despite repeated signs and indeed reports that a carnage was taking place...
...bone marrow discovery could potentially help counteract auto-immune diseases such as multiple sclerosis and arthritis, researchers announced last week. The cancer gene discovery is still being researched, and will not be applied to cancer patients for many years. Other research projects currently underway at the institute include a study of sunlight's effect as a carcinogenic agent, and an inquiry into cell-growth control...
...initial implausibility of her character. Her gaudy, dyed red hair and her overpowering femininity enhance the sexual ambiguities surrounding her character--the only one of the characters to have changed during the past 20 years. Although she doesn't come into the movie until the plot has been underway for quite some time, Black's Joann breaks the trance-like spell that pervades the reunion; she forces cruel reality to enter into the plot as her character causes the later revelations of Cissy and Mona to occur. The information she reveals undermines everyone's position and tests the fervor...
Similar efforts are underway at Yale's Teachers' Institute Said Institute Director James R. Vivian: "We are on the threshold of a time when universities across the country realize that it is very important that we be engaged in secondary education...
...controversial Law School civil rights course will be greeted with "non confrontational picketing" when it gets underway this week. The picketing is part of an effort by a coalition of minority students to promote a scheduled boycott of the course...