Word: graded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Even if the Mets go on to win the World Series, baseball as it oughta be is a thing of the past. It ended when I was in eighth grade--I'm sure of that...
...began cutting enrollment from 12,000 toward 8,500, setting stiffer standards for entering freshmen. At the same time, Miami established schools of communications, architecture and international studies. Associate Provost James Ash openly admits that the purpose of the changes has been to sell the school to a higher grade of students. "It's not that we're virtuous," he says. "Marketing conditions force us to do this...
...Junior Twelve" are selected from an initial pool of 24 women chosen for their high grade-point averages. Final decisions are based on academic ranking and two letters of recommendation...
...Stores, which sells wine in some 1,200 supermarkets and 104 Liquor Barn stores. Said Safeway Spokeswoman Felicia del Campo: "Nobody could assure us that none of the adulterated wines had reached the U.S." Many other retailers resisted the move, however, pointing out that they did not sell low- grade products or citing confidence in their own distribution systems. Said Louis Iacucci, president of Goldstar Wines & Spirits of Queens, N.Y., the nation's single largest retailer of Italian wines: "The scare was premature, and it has done a lot of harm to some of the great winemakers of the world...
...particular incident last Tuesday, students may feel that the section leader involved has not demonstrated the academic judgment necessary for an impartial reading of their exams. If any student in that section wishes, the head of sections and I will read his or her exam and assign the final grade ourselves. Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs