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Though Bardwell said that he thinks the fear of being caught and thus risking placement on the blacklist at colleges would deter most would-be application fakers, he suspects that still some others are willing to lie on their college applications...

Author: By Xi Yu and Julie M. Zauzmer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: UPDATE: Adam Wheeler Case Raises Questions About Admissions Process | 5/19/2010 | See Source »

...Even after his stretch in Gitmo, Zaeef finds Americans perplexing. He is considered a dangerous person, and is on a U.N. blacklist. But a few days back, he says, some U.S. diplomats arrived at his house in an armored SUV, carrying two copies of his latest book. "They wanted me to sign them," he says, laughing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tale of Two Taliban Reveals U.S. Dilemma | 3/15/2010 | See Source »

...hardscrabble backcountry populated by Taliban militants. So the reaction was far from muted when the news broke last week that the Defense Department was paying a controversial private firm to profile reporters seeking to accompany - or "embed" - with troops. Reporters quickly complained that it was tantamount to building a blacklist and that the U.S. military was deliberately working to sideline journalists critical of its mission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Did the Pentagon Blacklist Journalists in Afghanistan? | 9/1/2009 | See Source »

...response, young Iranians have been leaving the country by the jetload. "I love this country," says a recent university student who is moving to the U.S. this fall for graduate studies. "But there is no future here for me," he says, explaining that he is on a government blacklist for desirable jobs because of his involvement in protests throughout the past decade. Yet at the same time, Ahmadinejad's caustic criticism of the West has made the task of securing visas next to impossible. Many of those interviewed said they hoped for better ties to the rest of world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tehran Braces for Another Day of Street Battles | 7/30/2009 | See Source »

...Europe should do is follow the U.S. method of banning all airlines from countries whose civil aviation officials don't enforce international security standards," Hubert argues. "Targeting individual carriers is often overly subjective, and inefficient in remedying the original problem of insufficient oversight by national aviation authorities." The E.U. blacklist already effectively bans all airlines from nations such as Indonesia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Croatia and Paraguay, in addition to individual carriers from countries whose safety oversights the E.U. considers sound. Even that, though, can't prevent disaster from striking some of the largest and most reputable airlines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does the E.U.'s Airline Blacklist Make Flying Safer? | 7/3/2009 | See Source »

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