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...federal jobs, and 65% of the highest paying ones. This preference dates back to 1865, when a grateful President Lincoln pressed for a law that would favor those who "have borne the battle." Veterans of any war are entitled to a crucial extra five points on the civil service exam. If disabled vets pass the test, they automatically go to the top of the hiring list no matter how many others have scored higher...
...number of students who sought medical excuses to delay an exam last fall has decreased dramatically since last year, recent figures compiled by the University Health Services (UHS) show...
...Sholem Postel, acting director of UHS, said Thursday the decline may be a result of a new UHS policy, begun after mid-year exams last year, of sending course instructors a copy of each student's petition for a make-up exam...
...team's forth-coming trials was that Mitch Reese and Chuck Elliott, scheduled to play numbers six and seven, did not leave with the rest of the team at 9 a.m. Saturday. Instead, they started off for New Haven closer to noon, after Elliott had completed a civil service exam...
Harvard's season began last week at the UVM Winter Carnival where the skiers hit the slopes for the first time since the beginning of exam period. Harvard skiers only practice on weekends, unlike their opponents, who ski every...