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When pre-frosh decide to attend Harvard, they know that they are not choosing a school with a small and intimate liberal arts setting, where tenured professors instruct every section and student-Faculty interaction is the rule rather than the exception. There are drawbacks to attending a school as acclaimed, as competitive and as large as Harvard. Students suffer because Harvard professors are more interested in personal research than in personal interaction with undergraduates...
After the aircraft landed safely at California's Edwards Air Force Base last December, its onboard computer was to instruct the plane to taxi along the runway at about 15 m.p.h. Instead, the computer commanded the jet-powered drone to taxi at 180 m.p.h. The aircraft zoomed--to about 90 m.p.h.--before it careered off the runway, smashed its landing gear and collapsed into a sandy hill, causing $5.3 million in damage...
...carefully instruct our coaches on the recruiting rules of the NCAA, Ivy League, and Harvard, and they are required to pass an NCAA certification test each year before going out to recruit," the press release said...
...shore up a trend in which the public is turning to the courts and local governments - rather than to federal politicians - to seek redress against powerful special interests. It also explains why the Washington lobbyists would want to spread their gospel beyond the Beltway. "The judge will always instruct the jury that they're only to base their judgment on the facts of this case and not accept any outside influence," says TIME legal analyst Alain Sanders. "But jurors are people, and it would be foolish to assume they're not influenced by the world around them. And that could...
...Western--which is mainly to say American--culture. "My friends are enthralled by the West," Narayan complains. He believes Sanskrit is the way to lure them back. He frequently holds 10-day workshops throughout India, teaching people spoken Sanskrit. When he visits his boyhood village, his father watches him instruct local youngsters. "I think he feels bad because I am not making much money," says Narayan. "But he is proud because I am serving the nation...