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...There is no evidence that taking cram courses or studying review books gives any advantage that cannot be attained by conscientious study of the sample questions and tests contained in this Bulletin. The Law School Admission Council and Educational Testing Service do not sponsor, support, sanction, or have any relationship with courses, schools, or other publications purporting the improve LSAT scores...
...setting for the services is strikingly beautiful and fitting. Built by Ralph Adams Cram in the mid 1930s, the chapel is one of his simplest and most moving. Its load-bearing arches recall the earliest Christian basilicas. The polished marble of the High Altar is set off from walls of rough-hewn granite, by vague natural light from two Connick studio stained glass windows above...
Right now, the Square isn't exactly ghosttown USA. In fact, any football game at Harvard stadium on your basic autumnal Saturday brings people in from all over. The businessmen thrive on the crowds who cram into the various muffin/coffee shops, shoe stores, chic boutiques and bookstores. Although the next five years will be painful, the merchants also are looking forward to the Square's new facade...
...many as 15,000 bargain hunters cram the market's six acres each weekend, rummaging through wares displayed at 400 stalls, haggling with sellers and walking away with treasures-and junk-of every description. Fuzzy stuffed animals and live parrots. Miniature Japanese pagodas and bonsai trees. Madonna and child statuettes. Sea shells and natural sponges. "This," exults Mary Wright, "is the last bastion of free enterprise. My God, what a business...
...smaller rocket motor enabled scientists to cram a dozen instruments into Pioneer's drum-shaped "bus," 2.5 meters (8.2 ft.) in diameter. In addition to carrying devices that will map the Venusian atmosphere and cloud formations, analyze the composition of the clouds and measure the interaction between the "solar wind" and the atmosphere, Pioneer 1 will use radar to penetrate the clouds and produce a rough topographic map of much of the Venusian surface. Previous radar scans, made by the giant radio telescope in Arecibo, P.R., have already detected some craters, a large chasm, possible volcanoes, mountainous areas...