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Richard C. Lewontin '50, Agassiz Professor of Zoology, and Stephen J. Gould, professor of Geology, guarantee students who write a ten-page paper at least a B, while those who write longer papers are eligible for higher grades...
...Gould--himself a member of the committee--said last night he is not happy with the decision, because he said he believes the change will keep many students from taking the course...
...being pilloried for being honest. If you say you grade conventionally, you can do whatever you damn well please," Gould said...
...Gould's creations is the "three-step rule." He explains that if after three interrupted rises the market does not go up and stay up, it is due for a drop. Reason: in Gould's view, human nature can rarely stand more than three tries at anything. If, for instance, a salesman rings three doorbells and fails to make a sale, he is likely to skip the fourth and take in a movie...
...Gould has been honing his theories for more than 50 years. A graduate of Lehigh University, he worked briefly as an engineer in 1921 (while playing in a five-piece Dixieland band on the side) but concluded that opportunities for engineers were limited in the unsettled times after World War I and went into Wall Street instead. He scoffs today at the idea that his reputation is making his forecasts self-fulfilling prophecies. The market, he asserts, will follow cycles of its own whatever he says. In any case, he does not choose to become rich by following...