Word: eck
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...introducing Keillor, Professor of Comparative Religion Diana L. Eck referred jokingly to the phrase Keillor uses on his radio variety show “A Prairie Home Companion” to describe the fictional town of Lake Wobegon, Minn...
...Eck welcomed Keillor to Harvard, where, she said, “As you can see, all the women are strong. All the men are, well, good-looking.” And, stealing a glance at University President Neil L. Rudenstine, she added, “Grade inflation aside, all the students are above-average...
...town - in homes, businesses and schools - has been linked to the Internet with a broadband connection. Overnight, this Norwegian outpost has become part of the worldwide Digital Village. "I was looking for a town in the middle of nowhere to serve as a pilot for broadband testing," says Jostein Eck, marketing manager for the Norwegian telecommunications firm Nera, as he gestures toward the snow-capped cliffs. "We see it as a model for communities outside urban areas...
...pages. That's especially appealing to older students: with no secondary school in town, they currently face a daily two-hour bus commute. Other, unexpected innovations are sure to follow. Opinion pollster Norsk Gallup is participating in the experiment to gauge the effect of high-speed Internet access. As Eck puts it: "We want to see how broadband changes people's lives...
...When you’re talking about the junior 24, everyone is up there in the14.68,” said Eck, in reference to Harvard’s 15-point grading scale. “In the case of our chapter we take great deal of care in having letters of recommendation from faculty, breadth of coursework taken...and the difficulty of courses...