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Before coming to Harvard, tennis loomed as the numero uno priority for former women's tennis Coach Ed Krass. Eight-hour practices. Workouts at 6 a.m. before classes and at 4 p.m. after them...
...roommates act as if the MCAT were just another Core paper or Biology hourly. They tell me to put the test in perspective. After all, the MCAT is no different from any other comprehensive eight-hour exam that will determine my personal happiness and career status for the next 50 years...
...Shamir's campaign backfired, and the eight-hour Knesset debate reflected the deep divisions within the Israeli electorate. Peres accused Shamir of "murdering the peace process" and asked, "Who will believe you again in this country? You have broken every promise." Shamir lambasted Peres for "shameful" appeasement of the Arabs, retorting, "We are not afraid of peace, we are afraid of irresponsible concessions...
...first-class mail delivery was at a five-year low in 1988, and complaints about late mail rose 35% last summer. For the workers, automation, heavier mail loads (especially during the Christmas rush) and outside competition have turned a once cushy job into a form of boot camp in eight-hour shifts...
...harsh, arbitrary management style. Witnesses told of the police being summoned to a San Diego suburb to settle one of the nearly daily disputes over the load in each carrier's bag. A study showed that 45% of the 837 carrier routes in San Diego require more than an eight-hour shift to complete. Taking time off for surgery or unapproved nose blowing is a punishable act. "There's a rule for everything," testified a San Diego shop steward. "If a supervisor wants...