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By allowing the use of textbooks, Assistant Professor Margo I. Seltzer rendered a test of the minute details of C programming pointless. The only thing that could be tested remained the students' ability to apply the knowledge that they had acquired. They still had to have a very complete working...

Author: By Roy Astrachan, | Title: Open Books, Open Minds | 5/3/1994 | See Source »

His first acting role, in a Sevenoaks production of Cry, the Beloved Country, was, typically, a cue for school rebellion."I was playing a little black boy. I had to cover myself in black makeup, and what gave me the greatest pleasure was that I could never wash all of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Dashing Daniel | 3/21/1994 | See Source »

Or take the younger brother, William, in Batosag and Szerelem, who grows up in the shadow of his older brother, Clive, a math prodigy. When their father discovers the secret of Clive's homosexuality, the brothers' positions in the family are irrevocably reversed. Years later, William finds himself at the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: The Undeclared Wars of Men | 3/21/1994 | See Source »

Despite having lost to the Huskies 4-1 in a regular-season contest and 2-1 in last week's Beanpot first-round double-elimination match, the Crimson--for fleeting moments in the second period--appeared to have Northeastern on the ropes.

Author: By Anand S. Joshi, | Title: Miscues Spell Doom for W. Hockey as Northeastern Takes Women's Beanpot | 2/16/1994 | See Source »

Don't be jealous of us. Come next Monday, we won't be out on a romantic dinner for two in a snowcovered Vermont village. We'll be sitting dutifully in 14 Plympton, editting your magazine. And maybe next week we'll be writing acidic prose on the fleeting nature...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VALENTINE'S DAY SUCKS | 2/10/1994 | See Source »

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