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Calling the new standards "a modest beginning," Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 said he hopes the combination of the new standards and the senior survey data will prompt inter-departmental conversations about the "very decentralized" advising system...
After entering the half with a 38-35 lead, SMU maintained a modest lead throughout much of the second frame. The Mustangs led 74-68 with three minutes remaining when the end-of-game fireworks began...
When Harvard staked out a 20-9 lead over Navy (5-6) in front of a modest-sized crowd at Lavietes, it looked like it would ride the wave from the second half against Dartmouth to its seventh win of the season...
...front pages, declining all interview requests. Friends helped assemble the fragments of his life: born poor in Elizabeth, N.J.; fiercely loyal to his ancestral Ireland and his alma mater, Cornell; a "shabby" dresser who flies coach and does not own a house or car. Reports of Feeney's modest trappings are true, save one--that he wears a $15 watch. A spokesman says it cost five bucks...
...irrepressible Gillett is a good bet to explore all avenues. By acquiring relatively modest sites like New Hampshire's Waterville Valley and Mount Cranmore, and California's Northstar-at-Tahoe and Bear Mountain, Gillett is hoping to create high-volume regional resorts within driving distance of major population centers--attractions for day skiers. "You've got to start somewhere," he says of this strategy...