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Under 1968 Faculty legislation, an employer wishing to recruit on campus must first hold an open meeting to discuss its hiring practices if 500 students request such a meeting...
...Humanitarian Affairs argued in favor of granting Hu asylum; its China desk, fearing further deterioration of ties with Peking, disagreed on legal grounds. In the end, the department sent the Immigration and Naturalization Service a weakly worded recommendation in Hu's favor. INS then stalled on her request. But last week, after political pressure began to build, the Justice Department made the final announcement: Justice prevailed. Hu was granted asylum...
...P.L.O. delegate, in a hotel lobby Sunday morning. The gunman escaped. Sartawi's presence in Albufeira had been a contentious issue. If all had gone according to plan, the Socialists would have held their 16th biennial congress in Sydney, Australia. But last February, at Brandt's request, Portuguese Socialist Leader Mario Scares extended a formal invitation to the P.L.O. to send an observer. The Australian Socialists, led by newly elected Prime Minister Robert Hawke, objected strenuously, since they did not want to give the impression that they were "instant radicals," as one Australian at last week...
Last month the government abruptly granted her request, stipulating only that she move either to Israel or West Germany. "We have always believed God was calling us to go to Israel," said a smiling Vashchenko upon arriving in Vienna, before flying from there to Israel...
...specific floor fights demonstrated this domination. One involved an amendment to the party's charter on "accountability" which would have required that all candidates for statewide office issue a statement explaining which parts of the party platform they did not support. That is a reasonable request if the platform is to mean anything for the party label, but the more conservative legislative leadership--who often find themselves out of line with the more progressive planks of their party--argued against the move and defeated it with parliamentary maneuverings...