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Dates: during 1990-1999
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More troublingly, the administration continues to question the veracity of the testimony of thousands of Haitian refugees. Where were these vigilant watchdogs when a lone kuwaiti teenager was telling tales of atrocities committed by Iraqi soldiers?

Author: By Barrett C. Hester, | Title: Politics Beats Saving Lives | 3/4/1992 | See Source »

Construction begins on the main complex next spring, and Meier, whose architecture depends on precision detailing, will have to be especially vigilant about the quality of the Southern California craft: Taco Bell stuccowork won't do. But considering the budget and Meier's habitual perfectionism, it looks as if the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Grand New Getty | 10/21/1991 | See Source »

"Dunno," said Mildred, my neighbor. "Seems like Mario Cuomo should be here by now." We met at the town recycling center. She was trying to slip an elderly single-bed mattress past the vigilant fellow who runs the garbage hopper.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Primary? What Primary? | 7/29/1991 | See Source »

This month Representative Jim Ramstad of Minnesota filed a bill in Congress -- the "campus sexual-assault victims' bill of rights" -- that guarantees students the right to have assaults investigated by police and to live in housing "free from sexual or physical intimidation." Under a law already passed, beginning in 1992...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Clamor on Campus | 6/3/1991 | See Source »

Rudenstine will need to keep a vigilant eye trained on potential fundraising excesses. They have certainly been committed in the past. Several years ago, Harvard awarded University Officer status to a Texas couple in return for a sizable gift to the Kennedy School of Government. More recently, the Medical School...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A President With the Right Priorities | 4/4/1991 | See Source »

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