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...intend this editorial as an attack on first-years. I merely contend that any senior who has not degenerated over three years must know more than first-years, not only about a given area of study, but also about how to think. The seminar format--the ability for non-specialists to learn from a distinguished scholar--is a wonderful opportunity. As it stands, Freshman Seminars are wasted upon the first-years...
Collins had a moment of high drama late in the week while being cross-examined by a Random House lawyer. Did she not, she was asked, contend in a 1992 $20 million lawsuit against the Globe tabloid that published photographs of her topless with her boyfriend so distressed her that she was unable to fulfill her Random House contract? "Don't you have any shame?" he bellowed. Showing little of the steely resolve of Alexis Carrington, the character she portrayed in TV's Dynasty in the 1980s, Collins fled the witness stand in tears...
...experts said close margins give no single candidate a superior lead going into New Hampshire. The three in the Granite State must also contend with the upstart and well-financed candidacy of millionaire publisher Malcolm S. "Steve" Forbes...
Part of the problem is that SNL now has to contend with serious network competition each week in the form of Mad TV, Fox's one-hour sketch comedy show based on the hit-or-miss satire of Mad magazine. Though there has rarely been a show that sounded less auspicious on paper, Mad TV has turned out to be a formidable opponent. It has yet to beat SNL in ratings, but it is gaining an edge among twenty-and thirtysomething males, a group perennially coveted by advertisers. It has also developed a following among teenagers who can be readily...
...team also had to contend with facing Dartmouth only days after matches against its top Ivy opponents, Penn and Princeton...