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...editorial or the critiques it elicited, but in something entirely outside of the authors’ control: the credence the international media has given their grousing and the blind deference to status that such validation represents. For in giving weight to the authors’ most basic assumption??that had Oxford been more accommodating and convenient, it might have satisfied their expectations—the media substantiated the idea, widespread among colleges catering to student whims, that the frustrations of everyday life can diminish the value of the opportunities these venerable institutions provide...

Author: By Daniel P. Wenger | Title: The Rhodes and Harvard: Opportunity, Not Obligation | 3/16/2007 | See Source »

...week before his due date, Kelly came across an old dissertation in his field that “essentially refuted the foundational assumption?? of his thesis, he says...

Author: By Sam Teller, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: As Deadlines Loom, Seniors Sweat | 3/22/2005 | See Source »

College admissions camps are the worst development yet in an already alarming trend. If these programs actually live up to their grandiose claims—admittedly a rather generous assumption??they put applicants who cannot afford their astronomical costs at a disadvantage in the admissions game. They also ratchet up the tremendous pressures students already face when applying to colleges. The Musiker program insists on its website that “the school you attend will help determine your future—your career, your lifetime friends, even where you’ll live and work after college?...

Author: By Hersh Sagreiya, | Title: Summer Fun at Admissions Camp | 5/12/2004 | See Source »

According to Auletta, the President responded without missing a beat: “You’re making a very powerful assumption??that you know what the American public thinks. I don’t believe that...

Author: By Michael M. Grynbaum, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Magazine Staffer Scrutinizes Media | 2/6/2004 | See Source »

King said that he and his teammates were alarmed at what he called Penn’s “absurd assumption?? that athletes might have trouble identifying the use of a derogatory epithet as racist...

Author: By Sean W. Coughlin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Athletes Criticize Diversity Training | 2/13/2003 | See Source »

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