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...would be very difficult for one officer to get a totally accurate, comprehensive scope of the composition of a class at specific points throughout the applications process," said Eun. Thus, it would be difficult for the Committee to keep track of the exact number of minority admittees, and virtually impossible to establish any kind of systematic bias against a specific ethnic group...
...artist in glass. His nimble fingers can fashion fragile slivers into wild flowers with a captivating attention to detail; leaves have been munched by insects; petals show the wilt of age; and beneath the plant a tangle of roots seeks nourishment from the earth. True, they are not exact replicas of woodland plants, but neither are they prettified curios. Each spiderwort, evening primrose or wood lily is a stylized representation of growth and decay. The complexity of the design, Stankard says, must not be obvious. "It must reveal itself...
What causes SAD is a mystery. Experts suspect there is a genetic factor, because more than two-thirds of those with the syndrome have a close relative with a mood disorder. Also baffling is the exact role that the absence or presence of light plays in seasonal mood shifts. Among the theories: a disturbance in the body's natural clock and abnormal production of melatonin, a hormone manufactured in the brain, and serotonin, a chemical that helps transmit nerve impulses...
...summer in Maine, August to be exact, and two sisters are spending their summer breathing fresh air and reminiscing about their lives. Their attitudes couldn't be more different. Sarah (played by Gish) happily remembers her past, but she does not live in it. Her sister Libby (Davis), on the other hand, whom age has blinded, is bitter about the tricks life has played on her. She expected her marriage to be like the mating of swans--a lifelong affair--but life fooled her. "She was always a difficult woman, even under the best of circumstances," one character tells Sarah...
Hart was sure about his own thinking. He knew the exact date of the next candidate debate. He will be aggressive there. When he speaks about the deficit, for example, he doesn't mince words about new taxes: the country needs them. "By Jan. 1," he said, "I'll have a piece of paper with numbers...