Word: oxford
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...take exception to the op-ed “Oxford Blues” (Feb. 26) by Melissa Dell and Swati Mylavarapu. It reflects certain misunderstandings harbored by a small percentage of American post-graduates at Oxford (or Cambridge, or frankly at any other European University). It is regrettable if it misleads or discourages the vast majority of Americans whose experiences in Oxford are superb, and who have expectations equally high but more realistic...
...American officer of the Rhodes Trust who manages the annual competition and who also advises Scholars, I find that American students face four central challenges when they enter Oxford: They are making a transition from undergraduate to graduate work; they are making a transition from one university system to a quite different other; they are making a transition from one country to another, also quite different despite the common language; and finally, they have high expectations of themselves but may not always realize that others also have those expectations of them...
...Oxford-trained chemist Jeremy R. Knowles has led the Faculty as interim dean since last summer. Knowles succeeded Kirby, whom Summers forced to resign before he himself was pressured to step down. Summers had reportedly offered Faust the deanship as he looked for a replacement for Kirby...
...inner bad girl? How exciting!” I think as I skip along in my pink Oxford and pearls. I’m not the only one. Cosmo is one of the most popular American women’s magazines, boasting circulation in the millions—“The Bible!” Legally Blonde’s lead Elle Woods dubs...
...retailers like Comme des Garons and Target, has migrated to the art scene. Works by Banksy, a graffiti artist, are now so acclaimed that residents of London neighborhoods want to keep them as local attractions. Banksy was among those artists contributing to a one-month-only gallery on Oxford Street in December that proved so popular, security had to be hired to control the line waiting...