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...remote meadow in northern Michigan, inside a large tent heated by a wood stove, 50 white men dressed in combat gear and wielding rifles talk about the insanity of the outside world. The men, civilians all, see threats everywhere. There are reports of foreign soldiers hiding in salt mines under Detroit, some of the men say. Others speak of secret markings on highway signs meant to guide conquering armies. The men's voices subside as "General" Norman Olson, a Baptist minister, gun-shop owner and militia leader, enters the tent. He tells the men they are the shock troops...
...week's end, to placate doubting allies, the Clinton Administration expressed a willingness to put U.S. combat troops into Bosnia, possibly as many as 25,000. But the pledge came festooned with important maybes: the troops would go in only to help the 19-nation U.N. peacekeeping force withdraw, and then only if the blue helmets came under attack and had to shoot their way out -- and even then only after "consultation" with a very unenthusiastic Congress. But even a remote possibility of American G.I.s shooting at Bosnian Serbs will hardly help ease the irritation between Washington and Moscow...
...cause of the lack of women in science is societal--and it very well may be--then there are several courses of action available. Throughout the 1980s, Dartmouth realized that the rate of attrition of science majors was significantly higher in women than in men. The administration decided to combat this problem with a Women In Science program for incoming first-years, actively encouraging first-year women to pursue internships in science. Following Dartmouth's lead, Radcliffe has created the Science Alliance program, which introduces incoming first-year women to the scientific facilities at Harvard, acquaints them with the science...
Here at Harvard, Women In Science tries to combat the problem by networking, alerting women to other opportunities, and by giving them role models. Yet for this gaping gender discrepancy to be truly solved, it needs to be identified earlier than at college, namely, at the elementary and secondary school level...
After a 90-minute discussion, the Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE) yesterday decided to approach departments for recommendations on how to combat grade inflation and compression at the College...