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...contention is that Harvard must not simply refuse to investigate the serious charges of sexual assault or sexual harassment because the cases seem to be complex; it has taken a great deal of work to get the Administrative Board to come to an appreciation of this point and retract its “corroboration rule...
...maneuver designed to lift the petal and retract the bag failed at the end of last week, and engineers are planning to have the rover exit down a rear ramp. Even if that one proves to be blocked too, it would still be possible to drive over the bags, though that is a risky move since the fabric may have stiffened in the extreme Martian cold and could damage or interfere with the craft's solar panels. In either event, no one at J.P.L. is remotely calling these problems mission-enders--though no one expects the rover to be able...
WERE YOU SURPRISED WHEN THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION WAS FORCED TO RETRACT SOME OF THE EVIDENCE IT HAD OFFERED ON WMD? We had weapons inspectors who took three years to prepare, and then were shut down in about 3 1/2 months, when [then U.N. chief arms inspector Hans] Blix said they needed more time. We've always felt in this organization that disarmament requires patience and time. And we didn't have it. I think what's happening in Iraq proves that that judgment wasn't entirely wrong...
...Rebels Retract TURKEY The Kurdish rebel group PKK called off a four-year cease-fire, accusing the government of failing to reciprocate. The move threatened to upset talks between Ankara and Pentagon officials on the possible deployment of Turkish troops to Iraq. Washington has not yet fulfilled its promise to eject the estimated 5,000 PKK militants believed to be based in northern Iraq...
...brought his proposal for course preregistration before the Faculty, only to retract it after it was blasted by several of his colleagues...