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...nice interview suit; cut your hair; get some make-up," he said...

Author: By Mans O. Larsson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Banker Teaches Tricks of the Trade | 10/8/1997 | See Source »

...uses it simultaneously to mean two different things. On the one hand, she uses "represented" to mean having someone present on the council who speaks for you, while, on the other hand, she uses it to mean having your group's demographic presence reflected proportionally in the actual make-up of the council. Rawlins then conflates the two in order to suggest that the first is impossible without the second. But, as a believer in representative democracy, I just have...

Author: By Eric M. Nelson, | Title: Diverse Problems | 9/29/1997 | See Source »

...department to change its honors-degree criteria in the middle of a student's career provokes justified distrust and anger. If the Economics Department would have changed the criteria only for incoming sophomores and even juniors, who have four semesters left to change their class make-up, the decision would not be the subject of such ire. The decision to include seniors, however, is indefensible, unless the Economics Department is simply admitting that their honors are simply arbitrary since they have no time to react to changing requirements...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ec. Stings Concentrators | 9/22/1997 | See Source »

...said it was unusual for a Caucasian person to possess such a good match to Alan's genetic make-up but surmised that she probably had some Asian blood...

Author: By Aby. Fung and Laura E. Rosenbaum, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Friends Crusade for Marrow Match | 9/22/1997 | See Source »

...Maggert simply disintegrated, three- and four-putting greens until he finished a distant fourth at one over par. The last man standing was Ernie Els, alone at four under after five straight pars, hoisting his second U.S. Open trophy in three years. After birdies on three of the five make-up holes this morning, Els emerged from the foursome not with telegenic derring-do but with hole after hole of consistent play. "Funny things happen in majors," the 27-year-old Els said afterward. "You've just got to hang in there. At U.S. Opens, you just try to make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Par Excellence | 6/16/1997 | See Source »

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