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Historically--and I speak from experience under four administrations--Expository Writing 13 is the finest writing course we offer. Admission is highly competitive. Standards are extraordinarily high. The quality of instruction is quite possibly the best in the program. If the truth were known, Fiction is probably the only Expos course the majority of students would elect to take of their own volition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Caring About Expos | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

...industrialization of Egypt during the 1950s and '60s, then broke with Nasser's leftist supporters and resigned from the government in 1966 to become a professor at the University of Cairo. An admirer of Western culture (his collection of classical records is reputed to be the finest in Cairo), Khalil also conceived the idea of one of the most effective weapons against the West: the Arab oil boycott of 1973 was his inspiration, which he sold first to the Saudis and then to the other Arab states...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Man Begin Won't See | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

...freestyle withstood a strong test Thursday as the 1979 winner in the event just missed the mark by one-tenth of a second...The 29-point total, though leaving Harvard well behind the leaders, could be the start of the women's finest showing of the year with the Crimson women turning in some strong individual times...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: It's Tourney Time for Crimson Women | 3/10/1979 | See Source »

...racquetwomen's prospects at the beginning of the season seemed uncertain at best. Sarah Mlezcko, a superb squash player and one of Harvard's finest athletes, decided to take a rest from competitive sports. The Crimson had to rely on the improvement of Becky Tune, the development of freshmen Cynthia Stanton and Courtney Stimpson, and the performance of junior transfer student Nell Foreman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Moses Was Good, But Not Perfect | 3/9/1979 | See Source »

...ready: "The only thing that will hurt me will be an injury." Very much his own man at 19, Nehemiah is frank enough to say that he likes the adulation and attention that have distracted so many young athletes on the way to the Olympics. Says the finest hurdler in the world: "I'm going to take advantage of it while I have it, because it's going to hurt the day it leaves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: I Am No. 1! | 3/5/1979 | See Source »

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