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...system of distribution requirements, on the other hand, might just stigmatize selected courses in each department as "courses for outsiders," easily shunted aside in the departmental hierarchy. And if non-concentrators don't pool in certain classes, they would be at a distinct disadvantage taking classes with more knowledgeable concentrators...

Author: By Effie K. Anagnostopoulos, | Title: Change Undergrad Education, but Leave the Core | 4/4/1991 | See Source »

...shot back, with a distinct note of because-God-says-so finality. Then, remembering his audience, he added, "Of course, if we find a better system, I assure you we'll adopt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Abroad | 3/18/1991 | See Source »

...draft is unique for Americans. At no other time do we allow our government to force us into a situation in which death is a distinct and overwhelming possibility. The death penalty for murderers is hardly an exception--criminals have broken the contract with society, thereby losing the privilege of its protection...

Author: By Eric R. Columbus, | Title: Dump the Draft Forever | 3/16/1991 | See Source »

Couglin, like many graduates from feeder schools who are at Harvard, says that students in her class perceived being interviewed on their high school campus by Harvard admissions officers--instead of regular Harvard alumni--as a distinct advantage. Sending a team of admissions officers to New England prep schools for a day or two of interviews is Harvard's normal procedure; Couglin was interviewed by Assistant Dean of the College John R. Marquand...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: ...HAVE THINGS CHANGED? | 3/12/1991 | See Source »

Baskteball, according to Harvard men's basketball Coach Peter Roby, "is a microcosm for life." Looking at it this way, the Crimson's 1990-91 Ivy League season was divided into two very distinct lives: the Good Life and the Bad Life...

Author: By Josie Karp, | Title: It Can't Be All That Bad | 3/5/1991 | See Source »

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