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SOME miscalculating psychiatrists performed a series of tests in the 1960s to discover which hue of color relieved feelings of fear and anxiety. After the study found that students would feel "more comfortable" if their exam books were a soft, pale blue, universities and high schools began to buy the now infamous "blue books...

Author: By Juliette N. Kayyem, | Title: Hayfever in Capitalism's Garden of Eden | 4/3/1989 | See Source »

...sight of the fans and boosters, college basketball presents a sometimes sordid, often tragic scene of young men -- some even functionally illiterate or learning disabled -- trying desperately to keep up with their work. Some, unable to read an exam, must be read the questions aloud and respond with oral answers. Some were wooed by recruiters who could not make good on promises of tutors and extra study time. And some have found themselves befriended by unscrupulous agents and professional gamblers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: College Sport...Foul! | 4/3/1989 | See Source »

Three Harvard students also placed in the top five individually as part of the 49th annual William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, a standardized six-hour, six-question exam...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Students Place First in Math Contest | 3/23/1989 | See Source »

Team ranks were determined by the combined scores of three official team members. Harvard's team was chosen by professors in the Math Department on the basis of students' performances on last year's exam...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Students Place First in Math Contest | 3/23/1989 | See Source »

Moews, who last year became the first person to earn a perfect score on the exam, said, "The questions are all elementary questions. They don't require any math knowledge beyond the first year of calculus...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Students Place First in Math Contest | 3/23/1989 | See Source »

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