Word: mathes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Secondary criticism abounds. Through the generations, a vast oral tradition has developed, revolving, for the most part, around the most ludicrously easy courses, "guts," and those at the other end of the scale. The real ball-busters--Chem 20, Applied Math 110, Gov 10, and so on--have changed the direction of people's lives. They are not discussed frivolously. But in the ream of guts, every course has a funky nick-name and tales of casually attained honors grades to go with...
...middle 60s was caused by monetary policy, not the tax cut of '64, as any good money and banking text should explain. Supply-siders are incompetent Republican Keynesians who can't even think clearly enough to do bookkeeping. The monetarist analysis is correct--ask any physicist or math major...
...MATH HORMONES...
Boys do better at math, girls have superior language skills, or so the popular wisdom has it. For years, scientists and educators have been seeking a biological basis for these perceived differences between the sexes. The latest finding is reported in last week's New England Journal of Medicine. Neurologist Daniel B. Hier and Internist William F. Crowley gave intelligence tests to 19 men with a rare disorder that inhibits the pubertal surge of male hormones, androgens. The subjects scored lower than normal males on tests of spatial ability, the capacity to visualize and mentally manipulate objects in space...
...majoring in each department in 1982, compared to last year.) 1981-82 1. Economies 156 2. Biology 113 3. Hist & Lit 91 4. Government 90 5. Soc Stud 90 6. History 89 7. Psych & SR 86 8. Biochem 66 9. English 65 10. Engin & Appl Sci 57 11. Applied Math 56 1980-81 1. Economies 170 2. Biology 113 3. Government 107 4. History 95 5. Psych & SR 90 6. Biochem 85 7. Soc Stud 81 8. Hist & Lit 69 9. English 67 10. Engin & Appl Sci 50 11. Sociology...