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...students who suffer most from that myth are the premeds. Contrary to the spirit of a liberal arts education, premedical students, striving for one of the precious spots in a medical school, devote more than one-third of their college educations to preparing for medicine. The rigorous requirements, as Assistant Professor of the History of Medicine and Science Allan Brandt puts it, "have polluted undergraduate education...
Mitterand: Easy, P.W. Letting Mandela out of jail would give the masses more fortitude we may not be able to counter. Our valuable capital is at stake. The U.S. defense industry might go under without the precious metals you provide them. We're all depending...
...These and others like them remind us how precious freedom, democracy and opportunity are," Bush said...
...celebrated his first Mass since his return. "I would like to make the greatest understatement of my life," said the smiling priest, "when I say to you, I'm happy to be with you. It is fitting that we are meeting on July Fourth to celebrate the most precious gift we have, the priceless gift of freedom." All the while John Testrake was being driven home to Richmond, Mo., in his red Oldsmobile, he had something on his mind. He passed through small towns that had hundreds of yellow ribbons decorating telephone booths, mailboxes and trees. When he reached Richmond...
...suit for the recovery of the objects brought by the Mexican government was not resolved in Thompson's favor until 1944. Then, when the works could be legally displayed, the Peabody had neither the room nor the funds for an exhibition. Never before seen by the public, this precious cache of Maya objects evokes some of the same sense of awe and wonder that assailed Thompson 81 years ago when he drew the first glistening jewel out of the murk...