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...parallel programs emerged from very different moments in history. The Core, spearheaded by then-Dean of the Faculty Henry Rosovsky, grew out conflicting desires. The Faculty tried simultaneously to reclaim the university’s authority over what a college education should mean after the permissive 1960s, and to avoid an entirely regressive return to the “Great Books” curriculum of the early twentieth century. The curricular review sparked ferocious debate at the time. “The number of faculty members in the room for the final vote was so large that...
...With his freshman season under his belt, Cohen is determined avoid a sophomore slump next year as Harvard’s rising lacrosse program continues to develop...
Kevin Pearson, executive vice president of M&T Bank, said he thinks banks will be able to avoid many of those loan losses through loan modifications or "through blocking and tackling," as he put it. Parkus, though, said that outlook was too positive. He countered that banks will have a very tough time refinancing the poor loans they made at the height of the credit bubble. "There are very large losses embedded in the system," he said...
...nine kid foods to avoid...
...bound to be passengers. Further deregulation is in store: in 2012, national markets, not just international routes, are slated to be opened to more competition. "Travel as we've known it recently is being turned on its head, with larger numbers of people using high-speed rail to avoid the hassles, delays and stress of taking an airplane," says Mark Smith, a U.K.-based industry expert and founder of rail-travel website seat61.com. "On routes of three hours or less, you get to your destination faster and more comfortably than by air. And which is more glamorous these days...