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Instructors in the University will meet their advisees today for conferences on the lists of studies to be chosen by the students. The following is a directory of instructors, together with the times and places at which each will meet his advisees. Addresses followed by an asterisk (*) are in Boston; all others are in Cambridge...
...We’re used to admitting candidates even with the asterisk,” she said. “We don’t discriminate. It’s illegal and it’s not in Harvard’s interest...
...seniors, we’re all familiar with the colon and the parenthesis. If they face left, we’re happy :-). If they face right, we’re sad :-(. The real diehards even know the asterisk kiss :-* and the cool shades of the number eight...
...soul-searching college student in the late '60s, Clinton once remarked that in the billion-page book of life, he wanted to make sure there was an asterisk next to his name. With Denise Rich recently pleading the fifth when questioned about the pardon and with the Justice Department and two congressional subcommittees holding hearings into the matter, there is no doubt that he will get his wish...
There's something unsettling about this two-grade system. Getting that A-that's-really-a-B is kind of like setting a world record, but having an asterisk next to your name because of some favorable wind condition. In the end, you're never quite sure what the accomplishment really means...