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...optimism was based on our faith in the HCC’s planning and aptitude, based largely on initial signals of success that were not only misleading but proved to be incorrect. In reporting to us the first-day ticket sales, the HCC (unintentionally) provided inflated figures. We were told that in the first hour of availability 612 tickets were sold; in reality, that number was only 112 tickets. While this information was passed along with the best of intentions—and though we may still have opined optimistically—we were excited about a level of student...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: A Time of Disconcert | 11/2/2005 | See Source »

...online application does eliminate the inadvertent selection of an incorrect course on the part of the students,” Kane wrote in an e-mail. “The Registrar’s Office was able to process all of the enrollment data this term without a single processing error...

Author: By Johannah S. Cornblatt, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: E-Registration Stymies Some | 9/28/2005 | See Source »

...convoy applied "exactly the correct fire solutions," he says. "And when the incident was over, they dealt with their comrades and moved on." The existence of the video was kept from Ahmelman's family to spare them further distress, Crane explains. "Sometimes decisions are correct, sometimes incorrect," he says of what happened that day. "I've heard somebody suggest they should have immediately crossed the median strip and headed back to the (fortified) Green Zone. A personal security detail that did that got blown up four days previous to the incident...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When a Slip Can Cost Your Life | 9/27/2005 | See Source »

...This information was already there in the primary literature, in textbooks, but they do not say it correctly or simply,” said Mahadevan. “They say it’s just surface tension, that there’s no weight or gravity involved, which is incorrect...

Author: By Irene F. Yuan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Scientists Share Secret To ‘Cereal Clumps’ | 9/27/2005 | See Source »

...Trust is a sore point for many residents. The Bentolilas feel they weren't properly informed by Israeli authorities about the evacuation procedures and schedule. "They change their plans every day and the information they give is incorrect," says Lynn. Although the residents of Gadid were promised that they would not be evacuated on a Friday, on a Thursday evening Lynn didn't know if she and her family would indeed be able to spend the Sabbath at home. During the past four days the family had slowly packed most of its stuff, and by Thursday was ready...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Update: The Settler's Lament | 8/19/2005 | See Source »

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