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...changed much over the past eight years, Gross said in response to a parent’s question about grade inflation. Despite the attention given to grading in the past, Gross said that he did not want “to use grades in any way to pit [students] against each other.” “My feeling is that grades are most useful to give students some idea of how they are doing in their courses,” he said. “Our students are going to do fine when they get out of here...
...lyrical world “where the clouds are made of candy-floss” and a sound to match that choice. This foray from a sound akin to the Velvet Underground into one much more suited to Captain and Tennille leaves a sickly feeling in the pit of your stomach. But don’t worry if the album flops: Dean and Britta assure us that “our love will still be there.” Maybe that’s what got them into this mess in the first place. —Reviewer Joshua...
...news that Provost Steven E. Hyman will remain in his current post when President-elect Drew G. Faust takes over is good for Faust and—most importantly—good for Harvard. We only hope that Mass. Hall is not just a pit stop on Hyman’s path to another university’s president’s office. Despite the interim year overseen by President Derek C. Bok, a rough transition come July is almost inevitable—Harvard will have a new president and four new deans. Having served as provost since 2001, Hyman...
...suitcase. "I have two sons. My heart is broken to leave them," one amah, Ana Tellez, told me. "But there is no work at home. We'd starve if I wasn't here." My bean cake, which I had hungrily finished just minutes before, quickly sank to the pit of my stomach...
...Kristol flayed senator Hillary Clinton for shuffling on issues with the war [Jan. 29]. It is disingenuous for Kristol to write about the faults of Democrats and the war. He should pay more attention to the Republican President and his allies. They have led this country into a bottomless pit, and Kristol has been a big cheerleader. John W. Mashek Washington...