Word: coded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most appealing aspect of self-scheduling, however, is not the convenience or fairness or lack of stress, but the fact that it would run on an honor system. The University would have to trust students not to cheat. There is something very Harvardian about an honor code, something many high schools have but that we conspicuously lack. An honor code reflects the belief that students have integrity, that they are as serious about themselves as Harvard is about itself...
...real problem would be the possible leakage of exam questions. But this should be hindered by the idea of the curve: It is not to one's advantage to have others do better. But this area is really the core of an honor code and the prime example of University trust that people will respect the dignity of the academic process...
...down its bloodthirsty values to the young. The lock-'em-up approach to law enforcement exemplified by tough mandatory-sentencing laws adopted by the federal and most state governments over the past decade has not slowed the mayhem. In fact, some experts believe it may actually strengthen the violent code of behavior that prevails among many urban teenage males. "It is now a rite of passage that you must go to prison on at least a misdemeanor," says Jerome Miller of the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives in the Washington area. "What you see on the street...
After Gorbachev handed over custody of the nuclear arsenal and the codes that permit strategic missiles to be launched, Yeltsin declared himself sole inheritor of "the button," as he called the code box. "There will be only one button," he said. "The other republics are not going to have any other buttons." Even so, he said, he had agreed with the Presidents of the other three republics where the missiles are still located that any decision to use them would have to be made unanimously by the four...
...regime in Burma (also known as Myanmar) holds her under house arrest, but she provides a beacon of democratic hope to people caught in one of the world's worst remaining tyrannies . . . Luke Perry and Jason Priestly are the lucky residents of Beverly Hills, 90210, the coolest ZIP code on earth. For fans of these sensitive heartthrobs, swooning is still in style . . . Ties were big sellers this year. For folks too strapped for a fashion overhaul, flashy neckwear was an easy way to spruce up a dull outfit . . . Air kissing, once mocked, is the way to greet people at social...