Word: exam
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...former alienates man from everyone else, because he feels arrogant and insults his fellows. The latter causes feelings of worthlessness and self-hate which manifest themselves in gossip and criticism of others. The temptation to succumb to ego is subtle and deadly, Chitrabhanu emphasizes, likening it to an exam: "You have worked the whole year, and when the exam comes, if you become sick or you become upset or you go to sleep, then the whole year's work is gone. In the same way, our whole evolution is upset by the ego revelation or ego manifestation. Man is everything...
...department "simply wants to give students as many chances as possible to pass the exam," David H. Donald, chairman of the board of examiners and Warren Professor of American History, said yesterday. Concentrators who fail the exam as juniors will be able to take it again the next year...
...policy was changed in part because "a relatively small but nevertheless disturbing number of seniors failed the exam last year," Donald added...
John M. Phillips '80, one of the two juniors who registered, called the exam a "no-loss proposition." He added, "If you're a non-honors concentrator and it's merely a pass-fail grade...
...only shot," answered fifth year mentor Bob Scalise with a confident grin, on the eve of the laxmen's toughest exam since the end of the first semester...