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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Unfortunately, it rarely works that way. Professors routinely assign papers and other work due during reading period. If you are a humanities concentrator, you end up with four or five papers due within a week; if you are a science concentrator, you continue going to classes and completing problem sets when you are supposed to be able to study...

Author: By Sarah J. Schaffer, | Title: Reading Period Is A Hoax | 5/12/1995 | See Source »

...application form stating our likes and dislikes, and the officers divided us in a way they thought would benefit us all, which has turned out to have worked quite well. So if this whole thing about Houses has to be a lottery system, I believe the way they assign first-year dorms is so far the best way to help us meet exciting people out there without having to worry much about personal conflicts that might occur...

Author: By Xiaomeng Tong, | Title: Onward to Randomization | 3/24/1995 | See Source »

...this really your first choice? Lowell No one's that passionate about Lowell. Don't stress. Mather Drop your clothes and steak through the bathhouse. Streak through the MAC. Streak through the Grill. Pforzheimer Call it Pforzheimer, not North. Quincy This isn't your first choice, either. Winthrop Assign Melrose Place character parts to each of your blockmates. Figure out exactly how long Matt appears on each episode. face Winthrop each day for that amount of time. Gossip religiously. Arrow St., is always available forconsultation...

Author: By Ann D. Schiff, | Title: harvardian superstitions | 3/23/1995 | See Source »

Intelligence officials say that placing NOC officers overseas can be four times as expensive as assigning officers under an embassy cover. It can cost the agency as much as $3 million to set up a CIA officer as a corporate exec in Tokyo. Elaborate clandestine communications must be established so the NOC officer can pass his intelligence on to special handlers, who are often based in another country. The CIA's Office of Central Cover must assign a staff member to handle a NOC officer's personal affairs and keep his real-life bills paid while he leads his cover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPIES FOR THE NEW DISORDER | 2/20/1995 | See Source »

...found myself struggling to find enough time to adequately study for exams, but procrastination was not my problem. The problem with reading period as it stands is that many professors continue to assign large amounts of work and continue to hold classes during this time which is supposedly reserved for studying. For example, Chem 30 had two long problem sets due during this time, and classes continued to meet until the end of reading period's second week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students Need Reading Period | 2/7/1995 | See Source »

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