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Similarly, abolishing the expository writing requirement would lower discontent among students enrolled in these courses. Students would take expository writing classes based on interest, not coercion, This change in the nature of the program would decrease friction between students and teachers, enabling Expos to better meet its goal of improving the writing ability of its students...
...pattern of friction be broken? Clinton expressed "deep regret" over China's decision to explode a nuclear weapon, and then announced that the U.S. Department of Energy would prepare for the resumption of U.S. atomic testing. As for Hong Kong, Governor Patten's implied threat to go ahead with reform that Beijing has said it will ignore can only set the stage for more confrontation. Even before the Governor's speech, China had issued a statement that reiterated Deng's 11-year-old threat to retake Hong Kong before 1997 should Britain create "serious disturbances," such as going ahead with...
...after nearly 2 1/2 hours of waiting. How did tourists manage before there were sneakers? We go up the Grand Staircase, which is not so grand compared with other royal stairs -- Versailles, the Winter Palace. Much of its decor is covered in plastic sheets to save it from the friction of hoi polloi...
Despite her on-the-field success, insiders describe the relationship between Kleinfelder and top athletic department officials, including Direc- Director of Athletics William J. Cleary '56, as strained. That friction is widely attributed to Kleinfelder's highly visible role as an outspoken advocate of greater support for Harvard's women's teams...
...prime source of friction is that Perot wants to focus his group's energy on attracting more followers, while the members already on board want to push the Perot agenda by lobbying legislatures and backing local candidates. Now that Perot has built an army, it is itching to fight battles over such issues as taxes and legislative term limits. But Perot won't let them do so, leading disgruntled Perotistas to claim the group has become like a giant pyramid scheme, existing only for the purpose of growing larger. The dispute has produced a sharp discrepancy between Perot's self...