Word: core
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Oxford and Cambridge, students devote all of their academic work towards one field. According to Hurst, there are "no core requirements. If you enter a field, that's all you ever do." In fact, students are "not allowed to take courses in other fields," and very few students do double majors...
...News-week on Campus that discussed the difficulty of being a scientist at a predominantly liberal arts college. The author wrote, "On the rare occasions when I do speak from my knowledge of engineering, there is a language barrier. I can't talk mathematics to the people in my core classes because most of them don't understand...
Dukakis must do well in Michigan to prove, finally, that he can attract the Democrats' core blue-collar constituency. He has the endorsement of former U.A.W. President Douglas Fraser and a bulging wallet, but still no ability to generate much emotional attachment. Detroit Mayor Coleman Young's halfhearted quasi-endorsement is likely to hurt the Massachusetts Governor as much as help him. Says State Democratic Committee Member Morley Winograd: "It won't get him any white votes, in fact it could cost him white votes in the Detroit suburbs, and the black vote will go to Jesse...
...have a solid core of experienced players," Roberts said. "Mike [Newhouse] and Scott [Tierney] understand the game, and have provided a lot of leadership...
...addition to the core of experienced players, there are also several valuable new additions...