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...teach the intangibles, Challenge has tried to keep its style informal. A biannual comment about a grade replaces a conventional report card. Classes are small and discipline tends to be lax. Teachers often change around their lesson plans. If students bring in an interesting magazine article, most Challenge teachers would scrap their class outline...
...Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) finds its reason for existence. Formed in 1945, the CCA was to be the champion of "good government" and the fighter of corruption. In practice, its major job has been the endorsement of candidates for the School Committee and the City Council in the biannual municipal elections...
...nearer, Erhard allowed technical experts in Paris to negotiate a "temporary" agreement under which the French troops might stay in Germany for the time being. Last week, as De Gaulle called in Bonn for a ten-hour visit under the terms of the 1963 Franco-German agreement (which requires biannual meetings of the two heads of government), it became clear that the temporary arrangement would probably become a permanent...
During this time of year, there are two things one may do: study, or more realistically, try to mitigate the biannual terrors of exam period. One may turn, of course, to booze or pot, but an even more soothing alternative is to take a look at last year's final exams posted in Lamont. They are a cogent reminder that while things are bad, they could be worse...
Accompanying each new copy of Columbia University's scholarly biannual Journal of International Affairs is this terse note from the editors: "We regret that the announced article on 'People to People Diplomacy' by Sargent Shriver was never received...