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...Among their now outdated ideas: that the city centers of the Classic Maya were used primarily for ceremonial purposes, not for living; hieroglyphic texts described esoteric calendrical, astronomical and religious subjects but never recorded anything as mundane as rulers or historical events; slash-and- burn agriculture was the farming method of choice; and, of course, the Maya lived in blissful coexistence with one another...
Earlier this month, Harvard asked William T. Allen, the chancellor of Delaware's equity court, for a restraining order preventing the split, arguing that the University's endowment performance would be hurt. The University also charged that Marriott's method of using a special dividend to accomplish the split was illegal...
...drug abusers. Youthful offenders, scared off by the devastation of crack, are dabbling in heroin instead, while chronic crack addicts are changing over to heroin because of its mellower high and cheaper cost. Among both groups, fear of HIV transmission has made snorting, rather than injection, the preferred method of ingestion. "The needle is out, man," says Stephan ("Boobie") Gaston, 40, of East Harlem, a 26-year abuser. "All they're doing is sniffing." Even so, the risks remain high. Heroin-related incidents jumped from 10,300 during a three-month period in 1991 to 13,400 during a comparable...
Bamberger says the walk also goes against the conventional wisdom that the early days of a campaign should be used to raise money. In spite of the time consumed by this unusual method of campaigning. Barrett has already raised $2,50,000, Bamberger says...
This federal court ruling also raises important constitutional issues. President Clinton's right to conduct foreign policy and negotiate treaties may be in jeopardy. The fast-track method of Congressional approval of treaties was specifically devised to give the President considerable latitude in negotiating with other countries and to keep agreements from being co-opted by constituent demand and interest groups...