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While he effectively delegated responsibility to a select set of loyal Faculty, professors and administrators said yesterday that an heir apparent—or numerous contenders—were conspicuously absent...
...serious anymore. After two days of accusations, Ambrose apologized for his inappropriate actions, acknowledged his faults and promised to make the appropriate changes. But after that, talk of his crimes has practically disappeared. The controversy seems to have died down even before it really began. It is absent here at Harvard and even from the pages of The Crimson, which has not mentioned a word about Ambrose. His books will continue to be used in courses across the nation and will continue to be used this semester at the University of Pennsylvania in the course of the very much robbed...
...beach. The book inspires Shaun to take action, and he dedicates himself to getting into Stanford, where Marcus Skinner, the author of the book and his newfound idol, is a professor. Given his impeccable academic record, his acceptance is a sure bet. But thanks to the bumblings of his absent-minded guidance counselor, the wrong transcript gets mailed to the prestigious university, and Shaun tastes the bitterness of rejection. Not one to concede without a fight, he resolves to do whatever it takes to get himself into the school of his dreams...
Each committee member then spoke, demonstrating unanimous approval of the plan. Committee member Alice Turkel, who controversially postponed the vote at the last meeting saying she had amendments of her own to introduce, lauded the plan. Committee member Susana M. Segat was absent from the meeting...
...this any good?" It's a question Berlin kept bugging himself with. He was obsessed with writing hits, and if he was absent from the top of the charts for a year or so, he'd drive himself nuts wondering if his long run as America's troubadour was suddenly over. One dry spell came in 1930. He hadn't had a #1 song in three years; now he'd gone to Hollywood to write a musical for Douglas Fairbanks, "Reaching for the Moon," and after discouraging previews the studio had cut most of the songs. "I developed the damnedest...