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But while the threat of flunking may light a fire under students in general, there is little evidence that the ones who serve as cautionary examples actually benefit. Just the opposite may be true. A national study of 12,000 pupils found that students retained before eighth grade are more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Held Back | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

Oliver Wendell Holmes once observed that every profession is great that is greatly pursued. Boxing in the early '60s, largely controlled by the Mob, was in a moribund state until Muhammad Ali--Cassius Clay, in those days--appeared on the scene. "Just when the sweet science appears to lie like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUHAMMAD ALI: The Greatest | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

He was wrong. Joe Frazier, speaking of their fight, said he had hit Ali with punches that would have brought down a building. Coaxed into fights by his managers long after he should have retired, and perhaps because he loved the sport too much to leave it, Ali ended up...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUHAMMAD ALI: The Greatest | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

In his Class Day address on the Law School's (HLS) Holmes Field yesterday afternoon, Kennedy School of Government Public Service Professor David R. Gergen recalled the days when law was a profession that "instilled in its practitioners a sense of inner satisfaction."

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gergen Tells HLS Graduates To Make Law Meaningful | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

The Law School will graduate 554 doctors of law (J.D.), 151 masters of law (L.L.M.), and five doctors of juridical science (S.J.D.) at its exercises in Holmes Field.

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard To Award 5,647 Degrees | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

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