Word: notch
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...kill a man with a single stick of pencil lead. But there were other classes that I was excited to attend, classes that have changed my intellectual passions and my future.At Harvard, we expect to get our money’s worth, to have every class be top-notch, and we shouldn’t stop working towards that goal. (By the way, College and University administrators agree wholeheartedly—Larry Summers said as much a couple of nights ago.) But I’m willing to bet that everyone has had at least one awesome professor, probably more...
...might wonder how could it average only 42 minutes difference, when mom is home for nine hours. Remember that stay-at-home moms send their children to school, and often to after-school enrichment programs. Working moms, meanwhile, really kick it up a notch when they come home. They pack a ton of direct interaction into those three hours before bedtime...
...private institution, Harvard’s athletic policies are ultimately its own business. That means that if the College decides to continue to recruit top-notch athletes for its Division One teams, then so be it. But Harvard must also accept the consequences of that policy. One of the most obvious of these consequences is that the two admissions tracks into Harvard—one for athletes and one for everyone else—institutionalize the disconnect between athletes and non-athletes that former Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 laments. Lewis holds students...
With a dream cast that includes Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid, and Mandy Moore, “American Dreamz” promises to be a successful notch in the career of up-and-coming writer/director Paul Weitz. With his brother Chris, he made his first mark in Hollywood with the smash teen comedy “American Pie.” He has also written and directed “About a Boy” (2002) and “In Good Company” (2004). “American Dreamz” is another comedy that focuses its plotline...
WHRB’s has found its golden ticket to financial security in the form of classical broadcasting. And it’s no big surprise that a decent number of Harvard undergraduates with a knowledge and enthusiasm for classical music make a staff of top-notch classical...