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...detail how the program would work. To make sure that the process is completely fair, each week the professor should post the current rankings of all the students in the class, with the expected grade distribution next to their names. In this way, everyone will be able to keep track of their progress within the class, and know whom they’ll have to bump off next week to move up in the standings...

Author: By Robert J. Fenster, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Proposal To End Inflation | 11/28/2001 | See Source »

...terms of the surrender were agreed: all the Afghan fighters trapped in Kunduz would be allowed to go home. The Arabs, however, would be taken to General Dostum's mansion, where they would be sorted out into terrorists and non-terrorists, and then their fate would be decided." Weirdest detail: The Taliban emissary traveled with 600 heavily armed fighters in a 39-vehicle convoy, making many Mazar residents think the hated movement was back in town. The deal was pretty weird, too - Harding notes the general's castle is way too small to accommodate all the foreign fighters at Kunduz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What They're Saying About the War | 11/23/2001 | See Source »

...supporters of the living wage campaign no longer see the need to argue in detail for a living wage, the battle certainly lies elsewhere...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, | Title: Watch What We Say | 11/20/2001 | See Source »

...entered the rarefied realm of six-speaker surround sound, take a look at the RV31. A DVD player with one of the best surround-sound simulators, it'll turn your little stereo into a system worthy of the cineplex. Not only that, the player's Cinema Mode improves detail and color for a richer picture. www.panasonic.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buyer's Guide: Best Of Tech | 11/19/2001 | See Source »

...Professor Entin also questions the message sent by the President's decision. "My concern about this order, not having reviewed every detail, is that it kind of undercuts the efforts we've been making as a nation to distinguish ourselves from regimes like the Taliban," he says. "It sort of suggests that when the going gets tough, we don't really believe in our ideals either...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War is Hell (On Your Civil Liberties) | 11/15/2001 | See Source »

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