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...first, the idea that students might be able to take final exams whenever they want sounds horribly unworkable, but other schools have done it effectively. Mount Holyoke went self-scheduled a while ago, in spite of all the obvious objections, and they haven't had many problems with the new system. Of course, their final exam period is only four days, but the fact that ours is longer would be an asset, as it would strongly enhance the benefits of self-scheduling with little additional harm...
...MOUNT PINATUBO'S ERUPTION...
...spare parts. Thousands of demobilized troops from Eastern Europe are stranded without adequate housing and benefits in shabby tent cities. Morale is at a nadir. "The military is absolutely shellshocked," says Dale Herspring of the Smithsonian Institution's Woodrow Wilson Center. "Cohesion is so destroyed that they couldn't mount a coup even if some officers wanted...
...hailed the gathering as a success, some audiences back home were not quite so impressed. In Britain opposition Labor leader Neil Kinnock argued that Major's refusal to commit to either a single currency or social policy "has isolated Britain on the most vital issues." In Germany, where fears mount that a common currency will undermine the country's cherished anti-inflationary stability, the daily Bild Zeitung ran the gloomy headline: "1999 -- THE END OF THE MARK...
...MAXWELL'S ALIVE! The Sun, a British tabloid, suggests that he might be hiding in South America while some other large chap rests in Jerusalem's Mount of Olives. The Guardian states, "The Spanish authorities have no evidence other than the word of his family that the body pulled from the sea . . . was that of Mr. Maxwell...