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...been burdened with a disproportionate number of requirements outside their chosen field of study. Many of the Core areas overlap with non-science fields; whereas science concentrators are required to take three Literature and Arts courses, two Historical Study courses, one Moral Reasoning and one Foreign Cultures course. The newer, more equitable system is an acknowledgement that the hard sciences deserve just as prominent a position in the curriculum as the humanities and social sciences...
This need to hire, combined with a desire to develop newer research in the area, pushed professors to establish microbiological research projects across departmental lines...
...business? Trump Hotels' shareholders have concerns. "I don't think he knows a thing about running the casinos," asserts Marvin Roffman, an analyst and longtime Trump critic at the investment firm Roffman Miller. The cash-starved casinos are run down and have been losing customers to newer outfits like the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, which opened last year. Since selling initial shares to the public in 1995, Trump Hotels has never recorded an annual profit and the stock has fallen 84%. If Trump gets the deal he wants to recapitalize the company, existing shareholders may get wiped...
...chilies to the traditional vinegary European recipe. If all that food has made you thirsty, head for the wine district east of Cape Town and sample vintages made from the national grape pinotage - a cross between Pinot Noir and Hermitage - or a delicious tipple from one of the newer plantings of sauvignon blanc or shiraz. Or try a shot of the fiery fruit liqueur mampoer, also called witblitz. End your meal with a cup of rooibos tea, a popular herbal brew with no caffeine, low tannin and, reputedly, medicinal properties especially helpful for soothing babies...
...glad to see that President Bush is acting to make the system fairer for newer schools and the lower-income students enrolled in them. That said, as it stands, the details of the administration’s plans to revamp federal funding are unclear. We hope that the president and Congress will require that all institutions that eventually receive federal aid meet minimum thresholds of academic integrity. This system must not be exploited by fly-by-night schools that are unequipped to deliver quality education. In these cases, funding is more productively used by established institutions with credible track-records...