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...length of time it took for the Crimson to notch the goal emphasized what Harvard's main concern has become: finishing on good chances...
...hand, this approach is laudable.Murphy hired a top-notch coach who, happily, wasalso a minority. But on the other, it reinforcesthe uncomfortable conviction that Harvard, despitepromises to the contrary, is not making anyminority-specific efforts to hire new staff...
...three-time defending Ivy League champion will be expected to add a fourth notch to its belt. The team that shocked everyone but itself in reaching the final eight of the NCAA Tournament before succumbing to perennial champion North Carolina will be expected to make it at least as far in 1998. And Stauffer, who took last fall semester off to spend time with her family, will be expected to make a seamless transition from civilian to field general...
...public education resist interest-group politics and pressure from powerful parents. Revamping special-education laws, to give school districts more flexibility in distributing resources, would give a boost to woodwork kids. So would offering incentives for schools to minimize ability grouping or bonuses for schools that put top-notch teachers--who generally instruct gifted children--in middle-achieving classrooms. Michigan State's Schmidt says the predicament of America's average students illustrates the need for a set of "national standards that would articulate what all of our kids need to know." But the first step may be even simpler...
...which opened in fourth place with a humble $5.6 million. "Blade," which had spent the previous two weeks at No. 1, slipped to second place with $10.4 million. "Saving Private Ryan" held steady in third with $8.6 million. "Ever After," starring Drew Barrymore in the Cinderella story, rose a notch to fifth with $4.4 million...