Word: reportable
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...report of the Faculty Classroom Committee acknowledges that "many students will not enroll in courses or sections scheduled at that hour; some faculty members refuse to teach...
...Core office and other academic departments should follow the example of science departments by offering more lecture courses at 9 a.m.," the report states...
...program was launched in 1997 in response to fears of biological warfare that began during the Gulf War when the Iraqi army reportedly tipped missiles with vials of anthrax. But soldiers complain that the Pentagon rushed into requiring the vaccine. The House committee investigating the vaccine agrees, saying in its report that "the Defense Department answers with an excess of faith but a paucity of science." In addition, military personnel increasingly resent having the vaccine injected into their bodies when there seems to be a minimal chance that they will be deployed to combat one of the 10 nations known...
Like a fireman pointing a hose at a smoldering house, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan indicated Thursday morning that he will continue trying to cool off the economy before it bursts into flames. Making his biannual Humphrey Hawkins report to Congress, Greenspan again delivered the familiar sugar - the U.S. economic juggernaut is plowing on with no slowdown in sight - and then the medicine: This prosperity has to be kept at a steady pace. Financial analysts take this to mean that a substantial hike in the Fed's lending rates is in order...
...also danger of an economic downturn caused by a stock market reversal. "If there's a correction," says Baumohl, "all of a sudden these consumers would abruptly stop spending, and that could send us into a recession." While the Dow Jones dropped slightly on news of Greenspan's report, the tech-heavy NASDAQ saw steady gains throughout the morning and early afternoon - a trend at the heart of a problem for the Fed chairman. "These days the high-tech companies seem immune to interest rate hikes," notes Baumohl. "It makes it more difficult for the Fed to rein in consumer...