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This pedagogic sleight of hand, by the way, did not originate with religious folk. Secularists have for years been using biology instruction as a back door for inculcating their values. A sex-ed class on the proper placement of a condom is more than instruction in reproductive mechanics. It is a seminar--unacknowledged and tacit but nonetheless powerful--on permissible sexual mores...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Real Message of Creationism | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

...National Association for Law Placement, which for 25 years has been tracking the job choices of new law graduates nationwide, said that only 13.3 percent of graduates entered the government in 1998, down from 18.5 percent in 1975, according to a Washington Post article...

Author: By Zachary R. Heineman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HLS Alum Gives $5M Gift To Promote Public Service | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

According to data from HLS' career placement office, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, 40 to 50 out of about 550 HLS graduates entered government work, according to the Post article. But by June, 1998 the number had declined to between seven and 10 graduates...

Author: By Zachary R. Heineman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HLS Alum Gives $5M Gift To Promote Public Service | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

...have my studio right next to the house, so if I woke up and had a half-decent day, I would turn on the tape recorder and play for a few minutes. I was too fatigued to do more. Then something started to click with the mike placement, the new action of the instrument--I could play so soft--and the internal dynamics of the melodies of the songs. It was one of those little miracles that you have to be ready for, though part of it was that I just didn't have the energy to be clever. Also...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Directly from the Heart | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

Nothing within this framework of family drama warrants Yellen's use of frequent and distracting mid-scene lighting changes, loud and obtrusive background music (respectably written by Martijn Hostetler '00, who is surely not to blame for the placement of his work) at already obvious emotional high points, and acting that focuses more on the audience and the treatment of the lines than the character within...

Author: By Dan L. Wagner, | Title: Shining Off: Gamma an Irradiant Shot | 10/29/1999 | See Source »

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