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Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 apparently intervened Monday, pressuring Liem not to fire any of the eight tutors, according to Dunster Senior Tutor Henriette L. Power. Power said last night's tutor meeting was opened to the general Dunster community at her and Jewett's request...
...DOES ONE GET TO BE "THE EDUCATION PRESIdent"? Borrow your program from George Bush. Bill Clinton, of course, would not put it that way. But his first plan for educational reform is largely a request that Congress write into law six goals that Bush and the nation's Governors agreed to in 1990. The most important provisions: the government would set up a board to establish standards for schools, teachers and students to meet in both academic and vocational education and put up $393 million to encourage states to find ways to meet those standards...
...purpose of the letter is not to censure General Powell, but to request more student input in the selection of future Commencement speakers and to declare the council's opposition to the discriminatory position supported by Powell...
...Israel had objected to Husseini because he comes from East Jerusalem, an area the country contends is its own. It agreed to include him in hopes of boosting his relatively moderate position. But days before the talks were to begin, the main Arab participants asked for a postponement. The request seemed related to Palestinian displeasure over both Israel's closure of the occupied territories and its refusal to repatriate nearly 400 Palestinians who remain in southern Lebanon since their deportation in December. But responding to U.S. dismay, the Arabs may yet rethink their position...
...passive witness and accomplice in tragedy" and urged the Security Council to authorize the deployment of NATO ground troops to stem the Serb tide. That was not to be. When the Council finally met in emergency sessions on Friday and Saturday, it stopped short of anything resembling Bosnia's request. What emerged was an agreement to declare Srebrenica a safe haven, a warning to Serbs to advance no farther, and a tightening of sanctions on Belgrade including the freezing of Serbian assets abroad...