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...Labor party to substitute the more popular Shimon Peres for the beleaguered prime minister passed Friday, leaving Barak to face the hawkish Likud leader, who currently enjoys a lead of up to 20 percent in the polls. Having escaped the shadow of Peres, Barak may narrow that gap somewhat by Tuesday, but not even the most optimistic gambler would bet on his beating Sharon on election day. Come Wednesday, all stakeholders in the Middle East peace process will likely have to digest the reality that Israel's new leader is a man dedicated to reversing what he considered the reckless...
...major gap between the ideal and the reality of the Core curriculum lies in the fact that most departmental courses--which certainly employ the different "approaches to knowledge" that the Core hopes to teach--are not accepted for Core credit. It seems intellectually indefensible to argue that History 1071: "Introduction to Greek History," bestows a completely different version of the historian's perspective than Historical Study B-04: "Ancient Greek Democracy." However, according to the Core committee, the former course is not adequate to introduce students to methods of historical knowledge. Limiting undergraduates to a small selection of huge Core...
...enough as the team of senior Michael Im (currently ranked first in the country in the 200 backstroke in collegiate polls), freshman Rassan Grant, sophomore Leif Drake, and senior Jamey Waters won the 200-yard medley relay in 1:33.39. Brown, however, took both second and third, closing the gap...
...illnesses, it's heartening when research indicates the opposite. A report on 35,000 patients admitted to Veterans Affairs hospitals for common ailments such as diabetes and angina finds that blacks are 25% less likely than whites to die from complications within 30 days. Scientists can't explain the gap, but VA hospitals are one of the few places where blacks and whites have equal access to quality care...
...clad girls draped over cut-outs of show stars as though they were the latest Ford Thunderbird. Other stands touting wildlife programs offered you the exciting opportunity to be photographed with a small mammal and a show host, usually clad in what looked like a jungle outfit from The Gap...