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...source of the jump in the number of summa degrees, raising the GPA cut-off--one of the ideas forwarded at last Wednesday's Faculty Council meeting--is certainly not the solution. One of inflation's most unfortunate consequences is that as grades are concentrated in an increasingly narrow range, the distinctions among levels of academic achievement become blurred, rendering grades a less effective means of measuring performance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Confer Honors Consistently | 2/10/1997 | See Source »

While in previous years the best Harvard could hope to get out of a trip to Penn (7-9, 3-1) and Princeton (14-3, 4-0) was two narrow losses, this year's team is capable of beating the Ivy League's best...

Author: By Dov J. Glickman, | Title: M. Cagers Duel Ivy Powers | 2/7/1997 | See Source »

...focus was narrow in that it only dealt with the media," said Aditi M. Shrikhande '97. "It was good for general information in knowing how to read magazines and knowing the attitudes of magazines...

Author: By Justin C. Danilewitz, | Title: Panel Discusses Eating Disorders | 2/4/1997 | See Source »

Gates appears to be smart in an extremely narrow way, but he doesn't sound like someone I'd go down the block to have lunch with. And he's apparently devoid of social graces and common sense. You seem to be fascinated with this guy because he's rich, but Gates has never had an original thought in his life. The thought of this guy's gaining control of cyberspace and guiding the development of computers in the future is chilling to contemplate. BOB RUST Thousand Oaks, California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 3, 1997 | 2/3/1997 | See Source »

Here is a sampling of bumper stickers spotted by Dartboard on the fine automobiles traveling Harvard's narrow thoroughfares this past semester...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: BUMPERS OF THE SEMESTER | 2/1/1997 | See Source »

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