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...does not have to be this way. The committee’s recommendation outlines in detail a shift in the timing of fall semester exams from January to December, which is primarily made possible by beginning the year earlier in September. With the exception of our equally foolish friends at Princeton, the other American universities with whom we are regularly classed follow this kind of calendar, and we can follow their lead. The calendar proposed by the committee places the first day of classes immediately after Labor Day and includes a reading and an exam period that concludes...
...1960s Hong Kong. In stumbling upon love when they expected it the least and needed it the most, two young professionals find each other living in the same apartment building and struggling with the same doubts about their spouses. The inspiration for Lost in Translation, this symphony of detail moves slowly and beautifully through the foundations of longing. Tickets $6. 7 p.m. Harvard Film Archive...
...reporters on background, insisting the White House had "vigorously" pursued the Clinton Administration's policy on al-Qaeda. He said no new "plan" or "strategy" to take action against al-Qaeda had been developed under Clinton. In his book, Clarke says the opposite. He describes this plan in detail and castigates the Bush Administration for letting it languish. "My view was that this Administration, while it listened to me, didn't either believe me that there was an urgent problem, or was unprepared to act as though there were an urgent problem," he told the commission. Before Sept...
...findings, which was leaked to the Chicago Sun-Times, the test scores of third-graders who were held back showed "no appreciable increase," while those of held-back sixth-graders were more likely to decrease. John Easton, executive director of the consortium, declined to discuss the findings in detail but said they support the notion that "retention is a last resort and not in and of itself the answer to the problem...
...trial, the prosecution will detail the alleged adventures of men with names like "Nicky Glasses," "Louie HaHa," "Boobie" Cerasani, "Dirty Danny," "Shellackhead" Cantarella and "Big Willie." Vitale is expected to reveal or invent toxic secrets of the Bonanno brotherhood. And for some old-time drama, the prosecution might call on Pistone. It would be his first appearance on the witness stand in almost a decade. During the trial, prosecutor Greg Andres, 37, will try to nail the Don on a slew of racketeering charges, including complicity in the murders of seven mafiosi (and an eighth in a separate trial) over...