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...debate this week, which will be followed by a vote, will determine if the Senate proceeds to U.S. district court to enforce compliance. Plainly hoping to calm jitters and win votes, Bryan dismissed Packwood's suggestion that other Senators might be caught in a diary dragnet. "There is no witch hunt or fishing expedition under way," Bryan said. "The ethics committee has no interest in pursuing information related to the private lives of members of Congress...
...reporter talked with Kate on a conference call last week, the third party disagreed. Says her son Jake, a Bronx Science junior: "To anyone who's read The Crucible or knows about the Salem witch trials, it's somewhat frightening. The end result is a fear of people who are just members of organizations." Whether or not Melzer would consider introducing the practices of adulthood to his students at Bronx Science, he has already plunged them into the adult world's moral debates...
...issue, complained that Dunster Assistant Senior Tutor Vincent W. Li `87 had influenced the hiring of his brother, his girlfriend and two friends. Thirty-nine Dunster students signed a petition calling for Li's removal. Students and tutors charged that Dunster House Master Karel F. Liem was conducting a witch hunt to identify the tutors who spoke anonymously with The Crimson. Assistant Senior Tutor Cynthia Palmer resigned the morning after the petition was circulated, saying that "recent events had affected her decision...
...same fate befall Michael Jackson? "Woody Allen was Humpty Dumpty," says Guyer, "and now Michael Jackson is. They won't be put back together again. Whenever Michael Jackson pats a child's head, it will be looked at in a different way. This is reminiscent of the Salem witch trials. But we're a global village now, and the whole world is watching...
...policy would go beyond "Don't ask, don't tell" to "Don't pursue." It would forbid the military to inquire about an enlistee's sexual orientation not only upon entering the armed forces but at any time during service. The new policy would put an end to witch hunts in the service by raising the standards required to launch an investigation, ending vigilante squads and MPs with cameras waiting outside off-base bars. The policy, said an official, would allow homosexuals in the military "to quietly have a life...