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U.S. fines group for giving medicine to Iraq
December 6, 2002On November 6 the U.S. Treasury Department imposed $20,000 in fines on Chicago-based Voices in the Wilderness (VitW), for delivering medicine to combat diseases that have killed half a million children since the U.S. imposed an...
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High court accepts affirmative action case
December 6, 2002WASHINGTON – In 1978, the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action quotas in college admissions in the Bakke decision. However, the ruling allowed the consideration of race in university admissions leaving the door open for universities...
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Letters
December 6, 2002Recycling Kissinger I sent this letter to The New York Times on an article making fun of Kissinger critics: Neal Pollack’s article (Dec. 3) making fun of those who are shocked or amused by the Kissinger...
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Editorials
December 6, 2002Enron one year later Just over a year ago, Enron, the Houston energy trader, collapsed leaving 14,000 workers jobless, their Enron 401(k) retirement accounts worthless. Enron CEO Ken Lay and other Enron insiders denied Enron employees...
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9/11 families angered at Kissinger choice
December 6, 2002George W. Bush’s decision to appoint Henry A. Kissinger to chair the commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks has drawn sharp criticism, including angry charges that it is an “insult” to the families of...
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