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...Placement test in chemistry, the first of several weeding out processes that the University uses to separate the sheep from the goats. And after a summer when you assuredly forgot everything you ever learned in high school. Masochism, Cambridge style...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: The Week Gets Weaker | 8/15/1980 | See Source »

...those without relatives, the search for sponsors takes longer. "There just aren't enough people willing to take them in," says Marisol Alegret, a worker with the International Rescue Committee, one of half a dozen placement agencies helping out. And those who do volunteer as sponsors must be carefully screened. "We don't want to dump these refugees," says Jan Pittman, regional director of the U.S. Catholic Conference, who regularly turns down requests from those looking only for cheap Cuban help. "This isn't like going to the humane society...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: We Want Out | 6/9/1980 | See Source »

Eleanor R. Appel, placement director at the Law School, said yesterday the number of graduates entering private practice will continue to increase because more law firms are recruiting at the school...

Author: By Michael G. Harpe, | Title: Law School Class of '80 Flocks to Private Firms | 6/3/1980 | See Source »

Mark K. Crook, a third-year law student who will work in government next fall after spending a summer in a big corporate firm and "hating it," said the placement process "takes up much too much time," and disrupts the fall terms of the second and third years

Author: By Michael G. Harpe, | Title: Law School Class of '80 Flocks to Private Firms | 6/3/1980 | See Source »

Dazzling footwork coupled with outstanding standing stickwork gives Predun a basis on which to out-finesse his opponents. Not a particularly hard shooter, he relies instead on shot placement to rack up the goals...

Author: By Michelle D. Healy, | Title: Peter Predun | 5/14/1980 | See Source »

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