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Among Pedersen’s recent suggestions, Faculty members were most opposed to imposing a University-wide curve or quota for the number of A-range grades—potential solutions that would pose the greatest threat to their autonomy...
Even if they are not an axis, Iran, Iraq and North Korea pose real threats. Tehran may have helped senior Taliban and al-Qaeda members escape from Afghanistan. All three are trying to obtain nuclear weapons and have--or have had--chemical and biological weapons stockpiles; any of them could provide a weapon of mass destruction to a terrorist if one came shopping. For that reason, the Administration argues, it must be prepared to act pre-emptively--and put the bad guys on warning. A senior Administration official says the message is, "You have a choice. That doesn't mean...
...consoled a nation at the National Cathedral days after the attacks the same guy who walked the aisles wearing a neck pillow, asking Pelosi for her vote? More Jonathan Winters than John Wayne, Bush can't pass the camera without twisting his face in on itself or striking a pose. Often the Governor provides mock counseling to the filmmaker on her careening romance with another member of the press corps. "I predict that you...will have a relationship that goes beyond hand holding," he says of the fling. Bush never leaves PG-13 territory, but that has not kept...
Visiting professors pose still another problem, Blackbourn said. The department has hired leading scholars, but because students may be unfamiliar with these professors, courses are more likely to be undersubscribed...
...Moreover, not only does Saddam's demise pose potential threats to his neighbors; many of them actually benefit from the current impasse through the smuggling economy spawned by sanctions and Iraq's limited oil production. And the regional political climate is quite different from 1991, with anti-American feeling running at a fever pitch throughout the Arab world because of the deteriorating Israeli-Palestinian situation. The plight of the Iraqis and Palestinians are Osama bin Laden's favorite propaganda themes precisely because they are founts of hostility towards the U.S. throughout the Arab world. The last time Washington sought Arab...