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Faculty members said the new dean should devote equal attention and resources to all fields...
Grade curves equal grade competition, the last thing that already strung-out Harvard students need to grapple with. Our grades aren’t inflated; they’re realistic. Are there grade discrepancies between Harvard departments and classes that should be fixed? Yes. Is it odd that 90 percent of Harvard students graduate with honors? Yes, maybe giving automatic “honors” status to all thesis writers obscures the playing field. But does any of this constitute mass grade inflation that is deserving of a mini-media circus? Definitely...
...profit. Among other recent coups, the billionaire bought into American e-tailer Priceline.com following the crash of Internet stocks, and saw his stake triple in value. The Global Crossing bailout would hand the partnership majority ownership in a state-of-the-art, globe-spanning telecommunications infrastructure for an outlay equal to less than one-tenth the cost of building it. "I think at that price it's very attractive as an investment," says To Chee Eng, a telecoms analyst for Gartner. "Global Crossing went out and built an enormous network...
Even if he has to be carried by guards to his chair behind the empty table reserved for defense lawyers, Milosevic will be at the trial. He will get equal time to make an opening statement. If past appearances offer any clue, he'll claim he was just defending his country, just fighting terrorists like the U.S. is now, just suffering from NATO aggression. He'll force the court to broadcast, as it has before, Serbian translation of the testimony into his face from a loudspeaker. He'll look bored, yawn, stare impatiently at his watch when prosecutors speak...
...Drop” and the long stream of white noise that ends the album ever so gradually. Raucous hardcore punk (“I Hate Hate”) sits comfortably beside twee synth-pop (“Brazil”), proving that all sounds are indeed created equal. Point is as much an earnest exploration of texture and timbre, of music’s capacity to caress and disorientate, as it is a collection of bright melodies and jaunty rhythms...