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These “ultra-faint” dwarf galaxies, which lack stars and gas and are mainly composed of dark matter, were previously thought to be accredit only by galaxy-galaxy harassment, in which one large galaxy such as the Milky Way stripped a much smaller galaxy of its luminous matter...

Author: By Kerry K. Clark, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Dwarf Galaxies’ Existence Explained | 10/9/2009 | See Source »

...legislation passed by the House. “Every major university in the country that has any presence in Washington was working on this issue,” Casey said. The final legislation left out some controversial measures, such as proposed federal regulation of transfer credits and college accreditation, according to Casey. An earlier version of the reauthorization would have given states the power to accredit universities, but this provision was dropped, Pals said. State control over which colleges can award diplomas or receive federal financial aid for their students would have interfered with academic freedom, he said. Another measure...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Universities Blast House Ed Bill | 4/4/2006 | See Source »

...ever. And both camps, as it turned out, proved wrong on the returns: in the end, Lukashenko claimed almost 83%. "This is not an election," quipped Vladimir Ryzhkov, an Independent Liberal deputy in the Russian Duma, who came to Minsk as a journalist, because the Belorusian authorities would not accredit him as an observer. "This is some other phenomenon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Scene: A Revolution in Belarus? | 3/21/2006 | See Source »

...Zimbabwe Censure E.U. Foreign Ministers imposed targeted sanctions against the Zimbabwe government and recalled an advance team of election observers after officials refused to accredit the mission's head, Pierre Schori. The U.S. State Department said it planned to implement similar measures denying visas and freezing the assets of 20 top Zimbabwe officials. Observer teams from southern Africa and the Commonwealth said their missions would go ahead as planned, deploying about 200 people among them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Watch | 2/25/2002 | See Source »

...abroad accessible to all students. The college should establish its own study abroad programs in those countries where foreign study is most popular. At the same time, the College should leave open the option for students to study at non-Harvard programs. However, unlike the current system, Harvard should accredit those programs where students have successfully studied in the past, leaving the burdensome petition process to unknown programs. Such changes would make it easier for students to earn concentration credit by alleviating the concerns of department heads that are reluctant to grant credit for courses and programs that...

Author: By Lauren E. Baer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Homebound Harvard | 4/4/2001 | See Source »

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