Word: kress
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...island, with its Spanish and Bahamian roots, bought up and restored many of the Conch-style cottages and rambling homes in the Old Town section. Prices there tripled in three years. The shops along drowsy and all-but-derelict Duval Street were renovated and transformed; the old Kress dime store became Fast Buck Freddie's, a trendy shoppe. Five hundred new hotel and motel units were built, with 450 more plus a convention center on the drawing board...
Though the details of the program have yet to be spelled out, students' additional courses will focus on either biomedical research or on studies in public health, Kress said...
...Gerard C. Kress, assistant dean for admissions at the Dental School, said yesterday that the five-year program will be the first of its kind in the United States. The new program will serve a different purpose from the usual four-year course of study because its more demanding curriculum is designed to attract students who foresee a career that extends beyond private practice, Kress added...
Because Harvard's dental school is so small, with a graduating class of about 20 students per year, administrators designed the rigorous program to preselect students who are most highly committed to learning, Kress said. These students will be trained as scholars as well as elinicians, and will be able to represent dentistry effectively to the public and the media in debates that will shape the future of the profession, he added...
...students will not actually have to spend an extra year in school if they decide to go on to specialty training, since the extra study would be counted toward a post-doctoral degree, Kress added...