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...were going through the process as a student now, I would prefer 16," says Tucker, who says he still thinks there may be long-term positive effects from the decision...

Author: By Andrew S. Holbrook, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Blocking Process About to Begin, With the New Limit of Eight | 2/7/2000 | See Source »

...live in an age when inspired brats make great heads of software companies. But Americans would prefer a grown-up in the White House. Even the gaudiest prosperity is mortal, and one of these days, the ice floe may start to break up under our tents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McCain Scores Because of the Grown-up Factor | 2/2/2000 | See Source »

HEIGHT OF SUCCESS The long and short of it is that when it comes to human pairing, women prefer taller men. A study of 3,200 men published in the journal Nature shows that married men tend to be taller than bachelors and fathers tend to be taller than non-fathers. The researchers believe that as humans evolved, females began to view a male's stature as an indication of his ability to provide food and protection from enemies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Jan. 31, 2000 | 1/31/2000 | See Source »

...that a campus arrangement is unacceptable and would be a "programmatic liability." By arguing that scholars, objects and books must be contiguous, he creates a need for an immediately adjacent library that does not exist. Few scholars worldwide have such an ideal arrangement. And regardless, who wouldn't prefer to walk through a garden to consult their sources in an above ground library with natural light...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 1/14/2000 | See Source »

...widespread community service involvement of Harvard students is a welcomed surprise. It seems that students prefer affecting change at the micro-level, in a hands-on, feel-good manner. Mentoring a disadvantaged child, for example, strikes many of us as more meaningful than supporting a candidate who promises to change educational programs for that child...

Author: By Dafna V. Hochman, | Title: Standing in Line to Serve | 1/7/2000 | See Source »

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