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...Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE) this year has instituted a number of changes in its annual course guide in an attempt to widen the scope and increase the information in the book, editors said last week...
...With respect to the other two variables, the U.S. presumably could attempt to induce the authoritarian leader: (a) to coopt and compromise with opposition groups, thereby presumably reducing the instability before his death; and (b) to effect an early retirement from power. Given the ways in which most authoritarian leaders view their interests and the limited leverage the U.S. has in most Third World countries, neither of these courses of action is likely to be very productive." In each item, the statement is either incorrect or very unclear, even incomprehensible to me. The authors' pronouncements, with language like "virtually insure...
Khandwala, who was from India, was hospitalized about two years ago after a suicide attempt, The Spectator reported. People who knew the senior said they were not especially surprised by his death. PRINCETON UNIVERSITY...
...attempt to heal this growing rift, the AAU sent out a ballot this week asking members if they would support a moratorium on all lobbying for Earmarked funds, says Rosenzweig. In these days of constricted federal budgets, he hopes that non-AAU institutions will respect the moratorium, but cynically adds that "I also hope it won't rain on a cloudy day when I'm having a picnic...
...firms usually attempt to acquire potential employees in their second year of law school, frequently by offering students lucrative summer internships between their second and third years. Full-time jobs often await these students after graduation...