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...good news is that this is changing; disclosure has become a popular mantra. The corporate scandals have given rise to a slew of shareholders' lawsuits. In 1994 Toshiaki Takahashi formed a national group of "citizens' ombudsmen" to combat corruption and gain access to the government's books. His organization has brought down officials for everything from construction-bid rigging to faking expense receipts. "The need for public disclosure has finally begun to disseminate," said Takahashi in a recent speech...
Arrayed in combat gear and ready for violentaction, they came by the hundreds. At dawn, theymarched in and cleared the building with nightsticks and battering rams. Many students wereinjured, a few seriously; a significant number ofreporters were arrested and tossed in jail. Inseconds, the mood of the University changed fromanti-occupier to anti-Administration...
...results of the poll in an uncertain light, since uninterested respondents have a greater potential to be misinformed respondents. However, the responses recorded therein offer our campus a starting point to explore race relations here. By sponsoring the poll, the IOP puts itself in a better position to combat misinformation by entering and inspiring the badly needed discourse on campus race relations...
Although it is somewhat distressing that Harvard could beat future American officers in hand-to-hand combat, the Crimson started off with a convincing 27-12 win over Army...
...into a boldly interventionist one -- arresting war criminals, removing obstructionist police chiefs, and paralyzing hostile TV networks. The results are happy: refugees have at last started returning to their homes, and peace-minded politicians on all three sides have begun to emerge. Meanwhile, the U.S. is still without a combat casualty...