Word: note
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...more than "high standards of scholarship," as a well known Harvard history professor put it recently. I remember the difficult time I had with my general exam in American History in March of my senior year. Several days after I had taken the exam, Professor Brinkley sent a note to me at Winthrop House in which he said that he would like me to call his office soon and that we should sit down together so he could help me understand how I could improve my work. I remember how reassured I felt that a Harvard professor...
...only prerequisite for sending messages to friends at other colleges is knowing their computer address. For example, my friend at Yale, George Hacker's address is YALEVMX\!HACGEOA. To send him a note, all you would need to do is log onto my low-pri account and type MAIL YALEVMX\!HACGEOA return. You simply type the message, and when you get to the end type ctrl D. The message will then be sent...
Some economists believe the IMF's influence in handling the debt crisis is weakening. They note that Brazil has refused to come to terms with the fund and has revived its economy by following its own growth-minded policies. Many applaud the change in the IMF's philosophy. Says Fred Bergsten, director of Washington's Institute for International Economics: "It is a new lease on life for the IMF in the management of the debt problem...
...conferences, where Justices announce their intended votes and reasons, the Chief describes each case briefly and gives his views first. Burger sometimes rambled on and lost his place. Rehnquist is expected to state the issues more sharply and succinctly. The discussion will now end on a strong intellectual conservative note as well: as the junior member, Scalia speaks the last word. The new dynamics will be at work this week, when, on the first Monday of October, the Justices formally open the term. Oral arguments are scheduled Wednesday in one of the most difficult cases they face. Feminists are split...
...truck. Any driver is happy to change a tire for three rubles. One time, the truck driver whom I flagged was surprised by my request, since he saw a strapping young man near my car. When he was finished changing my tire and I offered him a three- ruble note, he said, "Don't bother, mother, but you should teach your kid a lesson. What's the matter with him, is he sick or something that he can't change a tire...