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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...far, there has been much mystery over where Lee, whose byline is one of the Metro Desk’s most recognizable, will go after she leaves the Times...

Author: By James K. Mcauley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Former Crimson Reporter Lee Not Divulging Post-Buyout Plans for Now | 12/12/2009 | See Source »

...some reason, crazy people dig The Crimson. (I’ll avoid the obvious jokes.) The voicemailer is far from my only deranged friend...

Author: By Maxwell L. Child, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hello, Goodbye | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

There’s the guy who sent a collage of photos, newspaper clippings, and paragraphs of text extolling the virtues of “Froggy the Gremlin,” who, as far as I can tell, was a precursor to Kermit the Frog for TV shows in the 1940s. Apparently, “in a puff of smoke, Froggy appeared, laughing, hopping from side to side, that fixed and evil grin on his face.” I encourage you to Google around to find out more...

Author: By Maxwell L. Child, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hello, Goodbye | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

...far the most famous standardized tests today. The SAT came first, founded in 1926 as the Scholastic Aptitude Test by the College Board, a nonprofit group of universities and other educational organizations. The original test lasted 90 minutes and consisted of 315 questions testing knowledge of vocabulary and basic math and even including an early iteration of the famed fill-in-the-blank analogies (e.g., blue:sky::____:grass). The test grew and by 1930 assumed its now familiar form, with separate verbal and math tests. By the end of World War II, the test was accepted by enough universities that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Standardized Testing | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

...Google has already digitized some 10 million books - most of them "public domain" works that are out of print, or books whose copyright owners are unknown. Google's strategy thus far appears to have been to scan first, and deal with any copyright issues later - a method that worries authors and publishers. Justice authorities in the U.S. and in Europe have warned Google that it should not secure a monopoly position that would allow it to single-handedly dictate how much the public must pay to access many of the world's great books...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europe vs. Google: The Next Chapter | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

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