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Harvard's grading system is replete with these types of inconsistencies and imperfections. A final course grade, particularly in classes with a single final exam or paper, is by no means a perfect depiction of knowledge or learning. On the other hand, grades aren't a completely inaccurate picture, either...

Author: By Richard S. Lee, | Title: What's in a Grade? | 2/8/2001 | See Source »

...representative from Planned Parenthood said that when a woman elects to have an abortion via RU-486, she has an initial appointment including a lab test, an ultrasound and a pelvic exam...

Author: By Heather B. Long, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: UHS Approves Abortion Pill | 2/7/2001 | See Source »

...week to a week and a half, the Planned Parenthood representative said, the patient receives another ultrasound and pelvic exam to see if the abortion was completed...

Author: By Heather B. Long, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: UHS Approves Abortion Pill | 2/7/2001 | See Source »

...become more rather than less arbitrary in recent years. Students who entered the college before Sept. 1999 were given greater flexibility with respect to exemptions from the Science A and B Core areas. Those who received a score of 4 or 5 on the Advanced Placement (AP) Biology exam could receive credit for Science B, while scores of 4 or 5 on either AP Chemistry or AP Physics counted for Science A credit. (Students could not, however, receive exemptions from both Core areas.) The administration's decision to rescind these exemptions made little sense. The scientific "approaches to knowledge" taught...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, THE CRIMSON STAFF | Title: Petition Process Flawed | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

...visit the not-so-secret camps to see how their money is spent.) Phase two is designed to push each volunteer to his physical limit and cull the weak from the strong. In the final weeks, recruits use live ammunition, construct actual explosives and perfect ambush techniques. The final exam lasts three days. A group of trainees, sometimes as large as 100 individuals, hikes and climbs through high-altitude, wooded terrain for three days without food or sleep. They are not allowed to slow their pace except for a few naps. At the end the hungry and thirsty survivors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Jihad | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

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