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Fellowships can be objectively compared by assigning each one a numerical score using the formula D=3t/l2 + 7f3, where d is the desireability of the fellowship, t is the average yearly temperature where it sends you, l is the length of its application, and f is the amount of frequent flier miles you'll accumulate...
...rich and poor school districts, Texas has found no quick fix. After the state supreme court last year affirmed a 1987 district court ruling that the existing system was unconstitutional, Governor Bill Clements and state lawmakers wrestled with the issue through four rancorous special sessions. They finally adopted a formula for bolstering less affluent districts with additional state funds. Last week District Court Judge F. Scott McCown pitched out that plan. Ruling in a suit by the poor school districts that filed the original action, McCown concluded, "The rich districts are left rich, the poor districts poor...
...this still a country that can lead? A country that can give others its ideals of freedom and justice, its formula for creating wealth, its generosity? Was the American Century always an illusion? And, if it was real, is it over...
Ultimately, we must look anew at the interaction between public and private sectors. Coping with our social problems is more complex than the usual formula of more vs. less government intervention...
...playing the non-Ivy Huskies, Restic gets a chance to try different combinations of players and plays in an attempt to find a successful formula to keep the Crimson in first place in the Ivies. Besides Lazarre-White, expect to see other new faces in the Harvard backfield, including some of the younger backs such as sophomore Michael Hill...