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Word: picks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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There seem to be two substantive ways in which the program could be reformed. A stiff core curriculum could be introduced or all requirements could be abolished. The task force on core curriculum has chosen the first course. It proposes that all students should be required to pick one course out of eight offered in biology, physics, math, nonwestern cultures, modern social analysis and political and moral philosophy, and one out of 12 in western culture. Other recommendations include the abolition of the language requirement and continuation of an expository writing requirement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Core Curriculum | 11/23/1976 | See Source »

...Treasury Secretary William Simon has put his Virginia estate up for sale and will return to his home in New Jersey and pick up his career on Wall Street, possibly at his old firm, Salomon Brothers, where he was senior partner for eight years. At 48, Simon has ample time to test the political waters for a possible run for Governor in the Garden State...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Some Used Fords on the Market | 11/22/1976 | See Source »

Captain Rau was inspired by this performance and remarked, "Now that fall sports have ended we expect to have more talent coming out for the team--hopefully members of the field hockey team. Harvard women seem to pick up the sport and improve more rapidly than...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Riflery Faces MIT In Second Match | 11/19/1976 | See Source »

...this production, rescuing an inexperienced cast with rigourously detailed direction. One gets the impression that he has told them exactly where every bone and muscle should be at any given moment. Their timing is incredibly sharp. The pacing on the whole is a bit slow, but things will probably pick up as the cast moves into its final weekend...

Author: By R. E. Liebmann, | Title: Two Instances of Misguided Moliere | 11/18/1976 | See Source »

Scalise held five optional fall workouts earlier this year, while co-captains Sandy White and Greg Jackmauh also organized five pick-up games. More than 65 players took part at one time or another, and at least 45 were present at every session. That's not bad considering that fewer than 30 stickmen will win varsity letters in the spring...

Author: By David Clarke, | Title: Stickmen Working This Winter In Preparation for the Spring | 11/17/1976 | See Source »

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