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Word: magna (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...proposal would reduce the requirements for honors at graduation. Law students now must have an A-average to win cum laude, A to win magna cum laude, and A + to win summa cum laude. The new plan would change the requirements to B-, B +, and A respectively...

Author: By Mark H. Odonoghue, | Title: Law School Students Ask New System Proposed Grading Is Optional All 3 Years | 2/4/1970 | See Source »

Slichter-son of Harvard economist Sumner Slichter-came here as a member of the Class of 1945 and graduated magna cum laude in 1946. A year later he earned his A. M.. and in 1949 he received his Ph. D. During World War II he worked at the Underwater Explosives Research Laboratory at Woods Hole...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: Professors to be on Corporation | 1/13/1970 | See Source »

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