Word: stand-off
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...whom were at the White House on Wednesday when Bush did his crowing about the tax-cut compromise - who get to prune Bush's agenda items as they see fit, and who will have an endless string of opportunities to be on the winning side of every major congressional stand...
Meanwhile, Harvard President Neil L. Rudenstine began meeting yesterday with faculty members around the University and assembling the task force he offered PSLM on Friday in an attempt to end the stand...
...occupation of Massachusetts Hall by the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM) has now become one of the longest sit-ins in the University's history-and administrators are still debating their options as the stand-off moves into its fifth...
With the administration ignoring the protesters' demands for negotiations, the stand-off appears as if it might drag on indefinitely. University administrators have been meeting daily, in person and over the phone and e-mail to discuss the developing situation and weigh possible options. For now, Harvard police chief Francis D. "Bud" Riley and Associate Dean of the College David P. Illingworth '71 have been left with day-to-day control of the situation...
With the administration ignoring the protesters' demands for negotiations, the stand-off appears as if it might drag on indefinitely. University administrators have been meeting daily, in person and over the phone and e-mail to discuss the developing situation and weigh possible options. For now, Harvard police chief Francis D. "Bud" Riley and Associate Dean of the College David P. Illingworth '71 have been left with day-to-day control of the situation...