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Moreover, bringing writing into the classroom in this manner might fundamentally alter the learning environment over time. Students would come to consider each paper not as a requirement for the course but as a chance to make a worthwhile contribution to their own education and to the education of others...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Stop the Paper Train! | 5/14/1997 | See Source »

...work done. The students are off now like hounds. They follow the scent to funerals, weddings, proms. One girl will remember lying in the night grass under a blue moon with her little sister. Another will recall a last dance with a midshipman in Navy whites. A boy will alter the scent to that of lilacs, and swoop back to a childhood Eden near his father's rectory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STUDYING STUDENTS | 5/12/1997 | See Source »

...mark chronic drug abuse are due to dopamine alone. The brain is subtler than that. Drugs modulate the activity of a variety of brain chemicals, each of which intersects with many others. "Drugs are like sledgehammers," observes Dr. Eric Nestler of the Yale University School of Medicine. "They profoundly alter many pathways...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADDICTED: WHY DO PEOPLE GET HOOKED? | 5/5/1997 | See Source »

...given birth, he says, "I'm happy with the outcome, but I can't endorse the practice because of the risks. We see serious obstetrical complications in more than half the women over the age of 45." But if a woman accepts the risk, this medical advance could alter the emotional landscape. With her clock not ticking, a woman of a certain age will be less likely to size up a suitor as a potential father while he is still treating relationships as if they were disposable diapers. Gradually, it might even become fashionable for older women to marry younger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE 2,000-YEAR-OLD MOM | 5/5/1997 | See Source »

Because of injuries, Radcliffe had to alter the lineup within its first varsity boat, but the Crimson were still able to end the Elis' streak. Radcliffe finished the 2,000-meter course in 7:11.0, comfortably holding on to a 2.8-second...

Author: By Matthew F. Delmont, | Title: Top Crews Sweep Weekend, Take Adams Cup | 4/29/1997 | See Source »

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