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...their first open house, Ken and his wife dressed-up for the occasion, in stark contrast to the sloppily dressed students. The couple was very elegant and cultivated, but without snobbery. They were a very powerful civilizing instrument,” Bower recalled...
...Economics Department agreed on target A-range grade percentages depending on course type and difficulty. In contrast, the English Department allowed their faculty to make their own grading decisions while simply keeping the grading guidelines in mind...
...Pope Benedict XVI dined for two hours with dissident theologian Hans K?ng may be difficult for many conservative Catholics to digest. K?ng, who had long been denied his request for an audience with John Paul II, is widely viewed as a kind of "anti-Ratzinger" because of the sharp contrast between his liberal views on doctrine and those of the fellow German theologian who would eventually become pope. In fact, then-Cardinal Ratzinger had a role in stripping K?ng of the right to teach Catholic theology in 1979, because he had challenged the doctrine of papal infallibility. Just after...
Schindel, the sophomore kicker who earned a first-team All-Ivy nod in his rookie season a year ago, has been a revelation during his 12-game career in his own right, but even more so in contrast to his mediocre predecessors, whom Murphy often didn’t trust to convert a chip-shot field-goal try in the closing moments of a three-touchdown game...
...contrast to Isner, who started in good shape but faltered at the end, Hegge began with a poor 83 in the first round, but limited the damage by elevating his level of play in the next two rounds, posting scores...