Word: excepts
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...Again the key seemed to be eating less red meat, cream and butter, but it was based not so much on cholesterol as on saturated fat. Reason: saturated fat increases blood cholesterol. So eggs, high in cholesterol but not in saturated fat, were taken off the forbidden list, except for those people with the most serious cholesterol problems...
...demonstrated by the faculty in their commendations for the president and the administration, is a clue to the real spirit that is Harvard, a spirit that was summed up by the philosopher George Santayana, who near the turn of the century wrote that the undergraduate “does, except when the pressure of fear of the outside world constrains him, only when he finds worth doing for its own sake...
...Dartmouth, as the Big Green beat the Black and White’s first varsity by six tenths of a second on the Connnecticut River. In New Haven Radcliffe could not snap the skid against rival Yale in its next regatta, the Chase Cup. The Bulldogs won every race, except for the novice eight. The Black and White followed up that loss with a stunning setback on the Charles to the Terriers in the race for the Allen-DeWolfe Trophy. Boston University won by 1.6 seconds, but Radcliffe did manage to defeat MIT easily in the same Regatta...
...Quincy House, says that he remembers a prevailing “intense concern” at the time, particularly among pre-meds, that some students were “bending rules.” “There was a general sense that Harvard students were honest—except when the stakes were very high, like trying to get into medical school,” Stoner says.Stoner cites instances where students sabotaged their lab mates’ chemistry experiments.But he says that cheating is not a flaw of the College but of human nature. While the competitive atmosphere...
...that domestic communists, fellow travelers, and “pinkos” could not sap the vitals of America by teaching fifth-grade algebra or becoming licensed to practice estate planning in Iowa. The country was at war in Korea. There was military conscription. Everyone valued his student deferment, except for those lucky enough to be accepted into one of the three Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) programs that flourished on the campus. But despite Harvard’s vigorous ROTC program, the powerful anti-communist forces that were gaining increasing influence in American life were looking on the University...