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...unclear when the Senate will consider Sethness's nomination
...remains unclear whether the Forest Service will ask the hiker to reimburse the government the $500,000 it took to put out the fire and the cost of damage to the forest...
...long, how complete and how painful the process of Americanization will be remains unclear. It is true that ethnic elitists have bewailed each succeeding wave of Irish or Germans or Greeks, but it is also true that the disparities among Korean merchants, Soviet Jews, Hmong tribesmen, French socialites and Haitian boat people are greater than any the U.S. or any other country has ever confronted. On the other hand, Americans are probably more tolerant of diversity than they once were. "America is much more of a pluralistic society now," says Peter Rose, professor of sociology at Smith College...
...committee will also ask students to appear for individual hearings, but it is unclear how many will comply. In the first round of hearings last month, all but one of the 14 protesters charged in the incident boycotted the hearings, saying the committee is "illegitimate" and was created to stifle political dissent...
...remains unclear why the Hutton employees carried out the fraud. One possible reason is that Hutton managers are paid bonuses tied to the company's profits. But management experts doubt that greed is the full explanation. They point out that middle-level executives in many companies are constantly under stress to meet tough earnings targets. Says John Fleming, a professor at the University of Southern California Graduate School of Business Administration: "For middle managers, there is so much pressure to get a certain degree of performance that they sometimes feel they almost have to do something illegal to meet...