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With few volunteers for the trip back to Albania and more refugees expected in the months to come, Mitsotakis scheduled a trip to Tirana. He will be the first Western leader to visit since Albania withdrew into isolation at the end of World War II. Athens is aghast at the prospect of accommodating a good part of Albania's estimated 400,000 ethnic Greeks, especially when it believes that Tirana is encouraging the flight to wriggle through political difficulties...
...School and served on the Yale Corporation for several years, this marks the third time in recent years he's been considered in a search for major academic position. Two years ago, Liebman made the short list for Harvard Law's top post, although rumor had it he later withdrew his name from consideration because he didn't really want the job. Earlier this year, Liebman's name surfaced again, this time in the highly secretive search for Harvard's president...
Nearly five years after the event, the legal wrangling continues over - audiotapes of the space shuttle Challenger's final moments. Several news organizations (including TIME) sued NASA under the Freedom of Information Act to disclose certain aspects of its investigation into the accident. Most eventually withdrew their actions, but the New York Times has continued to petition for tapes to back up a NASA transcript of cabin conversation. In the official version, the final comment is pilot Michael Smith's "uh-oh," indicating he might have been aware of impending danger. A federal appeals court agreed with NASA that releasing...
...School Committee has been paralyzed by its failure to hire a superintendent after dismissing the black incumbent, Laval Wilson, last February amid criticism that his management style was too aloof. The removal has sparked bitter charges of racism, and last week a leading candidate withdrew his name because of the continuing divisions. The council proposal would empower the mayor to hire and fire the superintendent. Critics worry, however, that such a move could open school doors even wider to political patronage...
...tour and shook their booties; they were the ones who accepted the Grammy last year for Best New Artist. They demanded to sing for themselves. When the producer remained adamant, they fired him, he issued the now notorious announcement, and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences withdrew the Grammy...