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...caps A-range grades at 35 percent of all grades given. If such a solution were implemented, however, students would likely shy away from competitive courses and become hypercompetitive when taking such a class is unavoidable. The situation would escalate into an arms race, with students trying constantly to outdo each other in quality and quantity for the few coveted top grades. While academics are one of Harvard’s many strengths, life outside the classroom is often more rewarding and educational, not to mention a welcome change of pace. Furthermore, enforcing grade deflation would undermine the autonomy...
...Port Huron, Michigan Two 14 year-olds plot to kill at least 154 people at school in an attempt to outdo the shooting at Columbine high school. They are stopped after fellow students report them...
...from the 2005 Biennale, Kaldor has more than anyone else shaped Australia's presence at the world's oldest festival of visual arts. "Every city worth its salt wants to have a biennale," says Kaldor, who has attended his fair share since the early '70s. "But they can't outdo Venice. People come to Venice as a tradition. They come to Venice because it's so beautiful. They come to Venice because they'll meet everybody. It becomes like the World Cup of contemporary...
...troupe’s history, according to Charles I. Miller ’08, director of this year’s “HMS Pinafore” and “Trial by Jury.”“We’re trying to outdo ourselves, create something bigger than we’ve ever created before in our fifty years,” he says. Miller’s “bold staging choices”, as he described them, reveal his lofty goal: “This is by far the largest production we?...
...adventure: grittier, tougher, and better than any other Bond film in recent memory. Pierce Brosnan’s 007 films were about how far the writers’ imaginations could stretch, how much the audience would be willing to believe, with each installment trying to outdo the last. But “Casino” is firmly grounded in reality.Based on the first book in the James Bond series of the same name, “Casino Royale” opens with a beautifully shot black-and-white montage following the iconic character as he earns...