Black, white, male, female

IN 1998, William Bowen (a former president of Princeton University) and Derek Bok (a former president at Harvard) published in The Shape of the River, a comprehensive analysis of the effects of race-sensitive affirmative action... - Stephen Vasciannie

The art of the political insult

OLIVER TWIST, in the Charles Dickens novel, was brought into an enormous hall and was peremptorily instructed to, "Bow to the Board." Oliver looked around but the only board he saw was a table behind which a bunch of fat people sat. - Tony Deyal

Getting a new passport

I RECENTLY had the experience of getting a replacement for my passport which had nearly expired. There are different costs depending on the service requested. Normal renewal two weeks $1,000; Rush renewal three days $1,800... - A.W. Sangster

2001 Pew Fellows

IN 1996 I was awarded a Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation, which has thrown me into contact with some of the most interesting and talented environmentalists in the world. Last week we held our 2001 Annual Meeting in White... - Peter Espeut

The Lord Moyne Commission - part 6

THE MEMBERS of the commission could never have been prepared for the degree of squalor and hopelessness in which much of the masses of the Jamaican people existed in 1938. In area after area, including housing, health care... - C. Roy Reynolds