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...conclusion to the year-long drama was anything but assured months earlier. In Faculty meetings throughout the spring, it looked like the fight—led by Dean of Undergraduate Education Susan G. Pedersen ’81-’82—would be in vain as faculty members kept invoking their autonomy and resisting unilateral actions by administrators...
...plaintiffs' research has yielded some detail on the scope of church enterprises. But no matter how opulent their headquarters or how many seaside retreats their subsidiaries operate, the archdioceses and dioceses generally plead poverty--and tend to get away with it. Los Angeles attorney Katherine Freberg recalls trying in vain to get around California laws preventing access to church documents in a sex-abuse case last year. By releasing so little financial information, the Los Angeles archdiocese and Orange County diocese, reputed to be among the wealthiest in the country, were able to negotiate a relatively small settlement--$5.2 million...
...end—I realized that I would have to leave what I was beginning to love, that the people that made me happy would one day be gone from my life, and that any attempts to hold onto this four-year moment would ultimately be in vain. That realization made me grieve for all the happiness I knew was yet to come, and I wondered how much my college experience would ultimately mean to me if the things that inspired such fondness could not always be with...
...doctors manage their medical practices. In return for access to those physicians, says Pass, 45, he gave plans for his wireless system to John Kang, then co-CEO at Medical Manager. But after he handed over his company's secrets in November 2000, Pass alleges, he waited in vain for Kang to supply the customers...
...women's activist; in Bangkok. One of the first women in Thailand to receive a university education, Kanittha devoted her career to battling discrimination against women. Among her triumphs: establishing a shelter for abused women and children, and decriminalizing prostitution. After becoming a Buddhist nun, she tried in vain to raise the lowly status of nuns, and planned a college for them; it's now nearly completed. DIED. RUTH CRACKNELL, 76, Australian actress best known for her role as Maggie Beare in abc's hit comedy series Mother and Son; in Sydney. Working in theater, television, film and radio...