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...this freedom should extend to one’s academic choices, as well. College represents a chance to pursue the studies that appeal to you, instead of the AP courses you were spoon-fed in high school. Freshmen can’t help but be disappointed that they still have to fulfill requirements in the very subjects they were trying to avoid. Whether it be math, the sciences, or those shapeless humanities, these distasteful courses await...
...less daunting, however, because of the four years over which students can spread out required classes. But at Harvard, along with the doomed core curriculum comes one time-specific requirement: that students take two semesters of a foreign language their freshman year unless they achieve a specified score on AP, SAT II, or Harvard placement tests...
John McCain did not celebrate when AP called New Hampshire in his favor Tuesday night. His supporters, downstairs in the hotel ballroom of the Nashua, N.H., Crowne Plaza, erupted in cheers. But upstairs, in the Presidential Suite, McCain and half a dozen others, including his wife, Cindy, continued to watch Fox News. Faces were tense; Cindy crossed her arms and held her elbows like she was keeping herself physically together...
Percentage of whites in America who say they think life for blacks will get better in the future Sources: Pew Research Center (2); USA Today (2); AP (2); Pew Research Center...
...Democrats - usually about Hillary Clinton - his comments veer between issue-oriented potshots ("There is very little in Clinton's plan that would benefit the families and children she claims to fight for") and partisan sarcasm - like his reaction to Clinton's refusal recently to participate in a harmless AP story on candidates' "favorite things." "Score another one for Team Clinton," he deadpanned...