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Faculty members then submit detailed proposals, akin to syllabi, which include a rationale statement and a description of the required written work...

Author: By Melissa R. Brewster, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Despite Promises, Core Remains Sparse | 3/1/2001 | See Source »

...Listening to Feldstein is akin to listening to Cotton Mather," he quipped...

Author: By Katherine M. Johnston, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Panelists Challenge Traditional Economics | 2/23/2001 | See Source »

...Harvard], it's huge because we know we're making it to the next step," says, Penner, now the president of AEPi. "Gaining a charter is akin to having a Bar Mitzvah--everyone makes a big deal...

Author: By Marla B. Kaplan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rush Hour: Greek Groups Get Popular | 2/23/2001 | See Source »

...departmental introductory courses. Surely The Crimson does not wish to propose a program whereby a student would wander from survey course to survey course in hopes of achieving an appropriate "distribution." We will assume that the Crimson meant to advocate the opportunity for students with background in a field akin to one of the Cores to explore upper-level departmental coursework remote from their concentration in satisfaction of graduation requirements. In such cases, cross-listing departmental courses would be an appropriate route. For the majority of students, however, the Core effectively blends methods of thinking with manageable quantities of knowledge...

Author: By Andre M.A.V.F. Moura and Stephanie Murg, S | Title: In Defense of the Core | 2/13/2001 | See Source »

...charge. "You know," says Masayuki Mori, the producer of his films, who is watching the shoot, "he doesn't really write his own books." Beat's impatience is legendary; he can't slow down long enough to put pen to paper. Mori describes his writing process as something akin to dictation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Beat Goes On | 2/12/2001 | See Source »

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