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...first sentence of your editorial, which states that the University of California Board of Regents "phased out affirmative acton in 1997 after the passing of Proposition 209," is factually incorrect. The Regents voted to end affirmative action in 1995, two years before the passage of Prop. 209 and began to phase out affirmative action in the graduate schools the following year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

...first sentence of your editorial, which states that the University of California Board of Regents "phased out affirmative action in 1997 after the passing of Proposition 209," is factually incorrect. The Regents voted to end affirmative action in 1995, two years before the passage of Prop. 209 and began to phase out affirmative action in the graduate schools the following year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UC Affirmative Action Needed to Balance Ledger | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

...student taking a GRE computer-based test (CBT) is initially given an "average level question," according to Johnson. The testing program responds to a correct answer by raising the student's score and offering a higher question next. An incorrect answer results in a lowered score and an easier follow-up question...

Author: By Sasha A. Haines-stiles, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: GRE Test To Phase Out Paper Format | 2/5/1999 | See Source »

...major guide to college admissions admitted yesterday that it erred by publishing an incorrect statistic on Harvard's diversity...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Princeton Review Admits Reporting Incorrect Harvard Data | 2/4/1999 | See Source »

...Numbers" item [NOTEBOOK, Jan. 11] had incorrect figures for Wal-Mart's current market capitalization. It is $178 billion, not $15.4 billion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 1, 1999 | 2/1/1999 | See Source »

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