Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...computer moves on to list those "nearest" to what they have specified). In the Grimas' case, the requests were so special that it took two weeks for the computer to find their dream solution. In the process, they never left home. The computer did all the work except make the final decision and draw up the purchase agreement...
...gloomy days of January, time seems to drag. According to the Einstein theory of relativity, it actually does-in a minute amount that means little to anyone except a scientist. During its annual elliptical trip through space, the earth reaches its maximum speed each January, when it makes its closest approach to the sun. According to Einstein, the earth's increased velocity, along with its passage through a more intense part of the sun's gravitational field, causes terrestrial time to slow down in relation to time outside the solar system...
...present, Columbia's 23 trustees are accountable to no one but themselves. All except the six alumni-elected trustees serve life terms. Unless real power is delegated down to faculty or students, then the whole body of trustees should be elected for set terms by faculty, administration, students, and alumni. Otherwise, this board, in which all real power is located, will never make decisions reflecting a changing university and community, and inevitable, ugly, confrontations will arise...
...decentralization assures that decisions on most matters except physical growth (which is handled largely by a University-wide committee) are not applicable to all parts of the University. (One University-wide policy is Harvard's ban on classified research...
...Crimson fell behind by as much as three-quarters of a length in all contests except the Worcester sprints, and only began to come back after a quarter of the race was over. This recurring pattern caused concern. After the Adams Cup Race, Harvard began using a lower-cadence start, which seems to work better...