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Because their hopes and dreams rest on this one exam, several corporations have stepped in to provide tutoring and moral support through programs like Kaplan, LSAT180 and the Princeton Review...
Born in Boston, a descendant of the Lowells, he was educated at Groton, where he displayed his admixture of smoothness and sharpness. On his college-board exam he refused to answer the essay questions on summer vacations or favorite pets, instead writing on how inane the topics were; although an initial grader flunked him, the supervising grader gave him a perfect score, the same he had got on his other entrance exams. At Yale (Phi Beta Kappa, Skull and Bones) he wrote a noted essay, "Is Lenin a Marxist?"; an editorial in the Yale Daily News calling for abolition...
...Pentagon is asking Gulf War vets who were near Kamisiyah in March 1991 to register for a health exam by calling 1-800-796-9699 or 1-800-749-8387. "There are charges we have not listened to in the past," Pentagon spokesman Ken Bacon concedes. "We are trying to listen now." Even more people may be listening soon. The Pentagon announced that the 5,000 notifications--due in the mail as early as this week--may not be the last. It seems that some of the 24,000 troops in the Army's 24th Infantry Division were...
Last year, juniors met once a week with graduate students for discussion about a specific topic. Now, the first semester junior tutorial concentrates on research and writing skills, while the second semester prepares students to write a junior paper on self-selected topics. In addition, the junior's general exam has been replaced with a thesis conference...
This is a scary thought in the season of Yom Kippur, when, according to Jewish tradition, our fates and fortunes for the coming year are determined. The prayers we recite on this holiest of days do not speak of housing lotteries or exam groups. "On Yom Kippur judgement is sealed: who shall live and who shall die: who shall rest and who shall wander; who shall be comforted and who shall be tormented," reads one of the more poignant prayers of the day. We are reminded that there are important and genuinely frightening life issues that we sometimes lose sight...