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- Carter apologizes at Brandeis, but stands ground on 'apartheid'
- President Jimmy Carter brought his case for peace between Israelis and Palestinians to Brandeis University. In addressing a crowd of 1,900 at the Jewish-sponsored university, Carter spoke for 15 minutes, and answered students' questions for 45 minutes. He was received warmly, often being interrupted with applause, even as students tossed...
- Research articles 2007-02-09
- ZOA CRITICIZES BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY
- The Zionist Organization of America ZOA has criticizedthe formal relationship that Brandeis University has developed with Al- QudsUniversity, a Palestinian educational institution in eastern Jerusalem,whose website denies the Jewish historical connection with Jerusalem andpromotes other falsehoods. Brandeis is being funded as part of a $500,000Ford Foundation Grant meant to bolster...
- Research articles 2006-04-05
- A waste of time?
- A Newton, Massachusetts, head librarian demanded the FBI obtain a warrant before searching the public library's computers to track down a threat e-mailed to Brandeis University, reports The Boston Globe. U.S. Attorney Michael J. Sullivan criticized the decision. "Getting a warrant is very time-consuming," said Sullivan. "You have to collect...
- Research articles 2006-04-01
- Reich to address Congress of Cities delegates.(Robert B. Reich)
- Robert B. Reich, the nation's 22nd Secretary of Labor and one of the nation's leading thinkers about work and the economy will address delegates at the opening general session for the 2005 Congress of Cities and Exposition in Charlotte, N.C. Reich will address the delegates on...
- Research articles 2005-10-10
- The Marcuse factor
- ONE EXPERIENCE as a graduate student at Yale University that left its lasting mark on me came in the spring of 1964, when HerbertMarcuse arrived to teach a course in the history of socialism, in which I quickly enrolled. With his flowing gray hair, aquiline nose, imposingly long figure, and...
- Research articles 2005-03-22
- Leo Szilard
- Leo Szilard The Hungarian-American physicist—and later molecular biologist—Leo Szilard (1898-1964) helped initiate the atomic age and later worked for nuclear disarmament and world peace. Leo Szilard was born in Budapest, Hungary, on February 11, 1898, the oldest of three children. His father was an engineer. "As far as I can...
- Research articles 2003-01-01
- Angela Davis
- Angela Davis A scholar, activist, and professed Communist, Angela Davis (born 1944) became a leading advocate of civil rights for blacks in the United States. In August 1970 Angela Yvonne Davis was catapulted into the national spotlight when she was put on the list of the ten most wanted criminals...
- Research articles 2003-01-01
- Origins of the Bill of Rights.(Review) (book review)
- Origins of the Bill of Rights, by Leonard W. Levy. Yale University Press, 306 pages, $30.00. THE LAW ACCORDING TO LEVY In 1957 the Fund for the Republic asked a young historian to write a brief memorandum on...
- Research articles 2000-11-20
- Ranters Run Amok and Other Adventures in the History of the Law.(Review) (book review)
- Ranters Run Amok and Other Adventures in the History of the Law, by Leonard W. Levy. Ivan R. Dee, 239 pages, $26.50. THE LAW ACCORDING TO LEVY In 1957 the Fund for the Republic asked a young historian to...
- Research articles 2000-11-20
- The Palladium of Justice: Origins of Trial by Jury.(Review) (book review)
- The Palladium of Justice: Origins of Trial by Jury, by Leonard W. Levy. Ivan R. Dee, 114 pages, $18.95 THE LAW ACCORDING TO LEVY In 1957 the Fund for the Republic asked a young historian to write a...
- Research articles 2000-11-20
- Academic diversity for all-except conservatives
- Wellesley College and Brandeis University are almost neighbors. Both are well-regarded, expensive and prime examples of the academic inclination to crush the larynx of dissenting voices. Attorney Harvey Silverglate, co-author of The Shadow University: The Betrayal of Liberty on America's Campuses, decries what he describes as "stealth censorship" on campus....
- Research articles 1999-07-02
- On the Economic Success of GATT/WTO Dispute Settlement
- What features of the dispute settlement process help governments live up to their trade liberalization commitments? Exploiting data on GATT/WTO trade disputes initiated and completed between 1973 and 1998, this paper identifies economic and institutional determinants that help defendant governments commit to liberalizing trade. This paper finds substantial evidence consistent...
- White papers 2003-01-01
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- Procurement nominee earns high marks from acquisition community
- President Obama selected one of the most knowledgeable and even-handed government acquisition professionals to run the administration's procurement policy shop, contracting observers said on Monday.Obama late last week formally nominated Daniel Gordon, deputy general counsel of the Government Accountability Office, as administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy at...
- News items 2009-10-05
- Inflation renews pressure on Fed
- WASHINGTON -- Consumer inflation surged faster than expected in April, the government said Wednesday in a report that unnerved financial markets and could make it more likely that the Federal Reserve will continue raising interest rates to keep price pressures in check. "It's time to get worried," says Stephen...
- Research articles 2006-05-18
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