Word: basic
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...have to balance the demands of so many desirable things: small-group instruction, faculty-led seminars, thesis supervision and research opportunities and expand the Core and ensure that all the basic departmental courses are covered," Knowles writes. "We shall try harder to guarantee a balanced menu...
...half of Ec 10. Rather, economics seemed like the easiest and least offensive of all my choices. Most of my classmates received absolutely no advising before declaring their concentration, contrary to the misconception that first-years receive more advice than they need or know what to do with. Basic decisions of class choice or thesis advising, as well as decisions about the recruiting process and graduate school applications, require some amount of advising...
...even if mistakes were made, the magazine's figures are not mythical. Take a random sample of 15 undergraduates, and I submit to you that most will have taken a significant percentage of large classes. Few students would claim that multivariable calculus, basic writing and beginning language skills need to be taught by Ph.D.s. But they do expect to learn philosophy, history and literature in a setting where argument, debate and questions thrive--in small classes led by members of the faculty...
...even some students who saw a place for junior college called Clin- ton's strategy misplaced, saying that more emphasis on basic education should precede concerns about college and computers...
Gates' vast wealth is surpassed only by his enormous ego. He is a bright techno-geek who simply got lucky with some basic programming, then hired the right marketing gurus and cornered the emerging software market. Gates' pathological personality traits show him to be more akin to Attila the Hun and Genghis Khan than Albert Einstein; his ruthless and paranoid approach to business practice is driven not by intellect but by pathetic will-to-power. JAIMIE BUCHANAN Toronto...