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...have eliminated the 'related courses' requirement, keeping everything else the same," Suleiman says. "This will allow students who want a 'deeper' knowledge to pursue it via more RLL or related courses..., but will also allow greater flexibility in electives for those students who prefer a broader coverage in their undergraduate years...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Faculty To Decrease Required Courses | 1/17/1999 | See Source »

...right, of course, about the third alternative, and a very sensible one it is--working out some system of fooling the grader, although I think I should prefer the word "impressing." We admit to being impressionable, but not to being hyper-credulous simps. His first two tactics for system-beating, his Vague Generalities and Artful Equivocations, seem to presume the latter, and are only going to convince Crimson-reading graders (there are a few and we tell our friends) that the time has come to tighten the screws just a bit more...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply | 1/15/1999 | See Source »

...prefer to play comic or tragic characters...

Author: By Marcelline Block, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: WAKA: A 'VETERAN ROOKIE' | 1/8/1999 | See Source »

...Conservatives would still prefer an open-ended trial," says TIME congressional correspondent John Dickerson. "And Democrats want it as short as possible. Lott is still trying to land somewhere in between." So far, the new Senate looks a lot like the old House -- Republicans running the agenda, and conservatives running the Republicans. And that seemingly inexorable rightward tide has the White House betting that the long national nightmare will come with a very long coda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Senate: Bickering Already | 1/6/1999 | See Source »

WASHINGTON: Can you have a trial without witnesses? Trent Lott would prefer it that way. The Senate majority leader is testing out the idea of a quick and painless two-week impeachment trial of Bill Clinton to start January 11. After a few readings from the Book of Starr and presumably a quick acquittal (followed by a censure resolution), the whole mess would be history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Monica in the Dock? | 12/30/1998 | See Source »

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