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Pippen, formerly one of the best players in the NBA and the man best known for what Michael Jordan accomplished, reportedly is close to having his way and being traded from Houston to Portland. The Houston Chronicle and Portland Oregonian both reported the deal, with The Chronicle implying that it is just a matter of time...
...Quakers will stumble into Cambridge bearing the heavy burden of a three-game losing streak. Penn came close to its first conference victory last Sunday at Cornell, but the Big Red prevailed in double-overtime...
Lemann calls for more explicit discussion of what qualities should be included in "merit," and by extension, which qualities should be rewarded in an ideal meritocratic society. But in emphasizing the importance of creativity, determination and other non-academic personal qualities, he stumbles dangerously close to supporting a system in which advancement is determined primarily by subjective criteria. The danger is, of course, that the judgment of "character" could easily spawn more discrimination and favoritism than the judgment of "intelligence...
Incumbent Joseph G. Grassi said that if he is re-elected his main priority will be working to close the "achievement gap" in Cambridge's schools...
Many humanities classes and cores expect students to read and absorb 150 to 250 pages of reading per week, giving lots of humanities concentrators a total of close to 1,000 pages...