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...nations gathered at the climate change conference to cut the Gordian knot of global warming, and the U.S. is keeping its greenhouse gas treaty bottom line close to its chest. "We are close to a solution," claimed the Argentine chairman Raul Estrada, who is preparing a draft agreement for industrial nations ? but that doesn't jibe with China?s intention to nix anything that inhibits its economic growth. Many senators have already said they won't ratify any treaty that doesn't have China's name...
...should be established. Special attention should be given to define the obligations of a faculty member to his or her students, to determine unacceptable behavior and to specify rules against misconduct. Third, we propose that the Administration work with the Graduate Student Council, HCSSA, and other student groups to draft a Student Rights document on what a student is entitled to from their advisors, the departments and the University. Fourth, some institutional arrangements need to be made so that the student rights and the faculty responsibilities can be overseen and examined on a regular basis, and student complaints be handled...
...other clubs seem closer to head shops than hospitals. Dennis Peron, a pro-pot proselytizer who helped draft Prop 215 and runs the San Francisco Cannabis Cultivators Club, admits he sells pot for everything from premenstrual syndrome to the blues. "All use of marijuana is medical," says Peron. "It makes you smarter. It touches the right brain and allows you to slow down, to smell the flowers. We're living in a very stressful world. It can and should be used for anxiety and depression...
...have found it. No presidency, much less a two-termer, has been without a single good laugh, so there's his place. But what a dreary achievement. And how debilitating for the nation. And who waits in the wings, polishing his "I'm so boring" routine? Let's draft Al Haig. Have...
...further Hollywood history: In 1988, Chase-Riboud finished a draft of her novel about the Amistad, which was sent by her pal, Jacqueline Onassis, to Amblin, Spielberg's production company. Executives read the book and made nice noises but ended up passing on it. So one can imagine Chase-Riboud's consternation when she read in Variety last fall that Spielberg would be directing Amistad...