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...Cambridge City Council approved without contest a resolution calling upon the United States Navy to relocate from its base on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques at its meeting Monday night...
...hope that the state will work hard to make Harvard's proposal happen. Of course, we know any bail-out plan must be accompanied by administrative reform if HPHC has any chance of becoming financially stable. The University should make clear that any investment on its part is contingent upon a reorganization of the HPHC's administrative structure...
...Syria, the true occupying power in Lebanon. Indeed, after the recent Hizbullah terrorist attacks, Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright called Syria and requested that they put a stop to the terrorism in Lebanon. We agree with the SAS that the current state of affairs is tragic. We call upon them to join us in protest against Syria and the terrorist organizations within Lebanon that it supports, according to the Feb. 14 edition of the New York Times. The Syrians are hurting the interests of both the Israelis and Lebanese civilians, all of whom desperately want...
...always cotton to Rosenblatt, but his ruminations on the "dainty violence" writers visit upon one another were delicious! Even the sainted American novelist Flannery O'Connor could not resist taking part in the intramural sport. Asked if she thought universities "stifle writers," O'Connor replied, "Not enough of them." CLARE MEAD ROSEN Bloomfield Hills, Mich...
Many view the Golden Globes as a harbinger of the Academy Awards, but others see them as a way for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which hands them out, to bestow upon itself a patina of credibility. New York City's Foreign Press Association is among the latter. "It's a pity that they get all the acclaim for being the foreign press association," says the New York group's director, Suzanne Adams. The remedy: a separate celebfest, the Icon Awards, set to debut in New York next year. The group will hand out statues in the fields of movies...