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...handling of the war, it's hard to escape the question, Where was he on the peace? How could a man with trifocal vision fail to see that the peace would need as much planning as the war? As a senior Pentagon officer put it, "The war gets an Aminus, but postwar is more a Cminus or Dplus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Donald Rumsfeld: Secretary Of War Donald Rumsfeld | 12/29/2003 | See Source »

...past, students had to earn an "A" or "Aminus" in a full course or two half courses in thethree areas of human knowledge--natural sciences,social sciences and the humanities. The Facultyvoted in 1984 to drop the distributionrequirements, but it raised the minimum gradepoint average...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: Seniors Earn Most Summas Ever | 6/9/1987 | See Source »

...your record). Get set! The pressure is on in college. Nothing less than an A will do for all pre-med courses. Choose a major in one of the sciences and fill out the rest of the schedule with "Mickey Mouse" subjects, lest your cumulative average slip below Aminus. Go! You are in. At med school you will spend 30 to 40 hours a week at lectures, and as many more studying. But do not plan on actually grasping the material; there is no time to do more than memorize for exams. And do not plan on getting much sleep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Med School, Heal Thyself | 5/23/1983 | See Source »

...about managing the economy," says Economist Otto Eckstein. "Unemployment is high, but the inflation and jobless rates have gone down. People can see an improvement." Eckstein, a Harvard professor, reckons that his own grading of Nixon on economics has risen in the past 14 months from D to Aminus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISSUES '72: Nixon v. McGovern on Taxes, Prices, Jobs | 10/30/1972 | See Source »

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