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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Kiely yesterday called the report "very fair and very thorough" and said the one-third-of-a-grade margin is "insignificant...

Author: By Nicholas Lemann, | Title: Inquiry Commission Says Kiely Gave Edge to Some | 5/3/1974 | See Source »

...students who knew the information Kiely revealed before the exam--perhaps as much as 40 per cent of the class-averaged about one-third of a grade higher on the exam than the rest of the class, the commission reported...

Author: By Nicholas Lemann, | Title: Inquiry Commission Says Kiely Gave Edge to Some | 5/3/1974 | See Source »

...group with advance information did slightly worse on the midterm and the paper than the rest of the class, but on the exam they did one-third of a grade better--the difference between...

Author: By Nicholas Lemann, | Title: Inquiry Commission Says Kiely Gave Edge to Some | 5/3/1974 | See Source »

...seems to fit the ominous pattern Waldheim described in his warning. But diplomats insisted that more than the drought was involved in the coup. They speculated that France had capitalized on the discontent caused by the drought and encouraged the overthrow. A prime reason: Niger has plenty of high-grade uranium, valued at not less than $1 billion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFRICA: Drought for Democracy | 4/29/1974 | See Source »

...event, Shapiro is lying both times so why fuss over contradictions? I answered his questions like my fourth-grade teacher, Miss Wynertzky, taught me, politely, using "I" or "we" depending on whemher the singular or plural seemed appropriate. For example, I said that "we" (in this instance, the May 2nd movement), rather than me personally (as Shapiro reports it) initiated the Harvard anti-war movement in '64. Unlike Shapiro's other case studies, me and others in the WSA didn't drop off into a private world after '69. Since "we" have done much political organizing and much discussing things...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WE KNEW WE WERE RIGHT | 4/27/1974 | See Source »

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