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...honors candidates in the graduating class, GPA will be the factor that determines the cutoff points. The top 5 percent of recommended students will be awarded summa, the next 15 percent awarded magna, and the next 30 percent awarded cum. The College has allotted that an additional 10 percent of the class may receive honors due to their high GPAs, even without receiving a departmental recommendation...
...burger lovers haven't been demanding a decision, one reason may be what Carol Tucker Foreman of the Consumer Federation of America calls the "yuck factor." A Gallup poll reported last year that 64% of Americans believe cloning animals is "morally wrong." An industry survey found that 62% of consumers would be reluctant to buy products made from cloned animals...
...Back then, my jaw dropped when the screen filled with spaceships of all varieties, battles with supreme fighters and characters I wished could be my closest relatives. As an adult, I hope the new Star Wars movie makes me sigh like a child again. Federico Fossombroni Rome The Hillary Factor Joe Klein's column "Hillary in 2008? No Way!" spelled out why it's a bad idea for Senator Clinton to run for President [May 16]. I agree with much of Klein's assessment of Hillary's possible candidacy. What the Senator will find out, should she run, is that...
...toasting the blogosphere's in crowd. The site's two twentysomething founders have created an A list of blogging stars (like WONKETTE'S Ana Marie Cox and Jason Kottke of KOTTKE.ORG), followed by hundreds of B and C listers. A post later lamented that blogging has lost its hip factor, but Blogebrity's founders are just getting going. Next up: plans for a print magazine and TV program featuring inside dish on bloggers. The A listers, anyway...
...Hillary Factor...