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When Harvard lost Albert Carnesale, it lost a thoughtful university man who skillfully transcended student myopia and considered the many constituencies and goals of the university when charting its course. The university needs stewards with Carnesale's vision and fortitude if it is to withstand attacks on its integrity...
...them all. He then got up from his hiding place and shot each one in the face. Mease was to die by lethal injection in two weeks, and Carnahan, the governor, had approved 26 executions since he took office six years ago. Yet he could not be expected to withstand the pressure of a personal request from John Paul II, and last Thursday he granted Mease clemency...
...sheer dimensions of the brutalization in Freetown in the past few weeks have been hard even for resolute aid workers to withstand. The images that flash by them are otherworldly, they say. Marie de la Soudiere, who heads the International Rescue Committee's Children in Armed Conflict Unit, is still haunted by the shy six-year-old girl outside Freetown who raised the stump of her arm and asked, "Will my fingers grow back...
...achievement. "In his everyday life I see a more confident person," she says. "Not just as a player but as a person. Because he was able to manage the stress and overcome it." McGwire's challenge was thrust upon him, not only to deliver with his bat and to withstand the pressure, but to act like a hero for at least one baseball season. If he did it a little stiffly, you have to wonder this: Who would feel natural with 10,000 bulbs flashing as he worked? And would you want that person as a role model for your...
...realize developing such a program would require the school district to hire and train qualified admissions officers at a considerable expense. But the benefits far outweigh the costs. A plan of this type would not only be more likely to withstand inevitable legal challenges but also serve as a model for other public secondary schools searching for a viable and constitutional method of preserving diversity in the classroom--which was Boston's intent in the first place...