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...That's the pact that 14 English children unknowingly signed in the fall of 1963 when Michael Apted and Gordon McDougall, two researchers for the Granada TV public affairs show World in Action, selected them to appear in a 40-min. documentary called Seven Up!, directed by Paul Almond. The kids were chosen to represent English classes and regions: Jackie, Lynn and Sue from a London council estate, John, Andrew and Charles from a Kensington boarding school, Paul and Simon (originally spelled Symon) from a charity home, Neil and Peter from a Liverpool suburb, Suzy from a titled family, Nicholas...
...podcast] is one of the only open sources of high-end education, provided you have the right technology,” Goodwin said. “It’s a very user-friendly course on top of the wide range of material.” Harry R. Lewis, Gordon McKay professor of computer science, also began podcasting his course, Quantitative Reasoning 48, “Bits,” last spring. “The Extension School may soon be making additional courses (or excerpts thereof) available via podcast,” Lewis wrote in an e-mail. This...
...bickering in Washington, an energy policy less dependent on foreign oil and pushing Iraqis to take control of their own security. "He may not be as well-known, he may not be as well-funded, so it's important for him to get out as early as possible," said Gordon Fischer, the former head of the Iowa Democratic Party and a Vilsack backer...
...this is paying off where elected officials feel it most--at the ballot box. School-board members who are pro-guidelines keep getting re-elected. Two years ago, when Meredith's lawyer, Teddy Gordon, ran for the school board, promising a return to neighborhood schools, he came in--as guideline advocates like to point out-- dead last. "I don't care if my children go to school on the moon as long as they are getting a good education," says Ronald Thomas, who lives downtown and sends his three children to school on a half-hour bus ride...
...scored a runaway victory, capturing the team trophy with a total of 94 points. Wisconsin finished in second, totalling 142 points, with Iona coming in third with a score of 173. The Harvard indoor track and field team will begin its season on Dec. 2, hosting Boston College at Gordon track. —THE CRIMSON STAFF