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...tone of the article suggested that The Crimson would find fault with the UC no matter what agenda is pursued. In reference to a UC survey given to guage support for last spring's calender reform resolution to lengthen intersession this year, I was shocked to read that "If the Council believed it was truly a representative body, then it would not have needed to survey its constituents...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Let's Stop This Senseless Bickering | 9/28/1991 | See Source »

...months. When the planet is nearest earth, it tugs the pulsar in our direction, and the distance that the radio pulse travels to reach us starts to get shorter. Three months later, the planet pulls the pulsar the other way, and the distance the pulse must travel begins to lengthen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pulse of Another World | 8/5/1991 | See Source »

Besides, Bok speaks at Commencement every year anyway. If the Alumni Association wants to give him special recognition--which is appropriate--then it should lengthen his speech. We seniors are certainly not going to mind spending an extra half hour basking in glory at Tercentary Theater--as long as we get to hear a luminary as well...

Author: By Michael P. Mann, | Title: Yawns for Bok | 4/10/1991 | See Source »

...Lengthen reading period and exam period: Yeah, that's the ticket. How about until...March? This would give us more time to study and professors more time to do their research (which they would rather be doing anyway). It's a marvelous idea, so it obviously will never happen...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Reading Period Disease | 2/3/1990 | See Source »

NATION: The odds lengthen against Speaker Jim Wright...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page Vol. 133 No. 18 MAY 1, 1989 | 5/1/1989 | See Source »

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