Word: presentational
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kirshner says he has worked with supernovae for the past 17 years, ever since he started his graduate work in California. But even as a junior concentrator in Harvard's undergraduate Astronomy Department, Kirshner decided to focus on his present specialty, when he took a tutorial on the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant...
Harvard coaches, on the other hand, are faced with the job of winning games at a school which stresses academics. These coaches say the obstacles--juggling practice schedules to fit athletes' academic calendars and long layoffs during exam periods--present difficult but not insurmountable challenges...
Morris' guide to Hong Kong's past, present and future provides useful perspectives on the shifting balances of economic power. If her tone ranges from the cheerfully neutral to the unabashedly admiring, it is because this author of travel books and studies of British imperialism is fundamentally an optimist. New forms and new methods superimposed on ancient beliefs give ! Hong Kong its basic texture. One can see a computer-store manager keeping accounts with an abacus. Hong Kong's skyline bespeaks the sterile utility of modern commercial architecture, yet few of the colony's real estate developers would pick...
Palmer said a better solution would be stricter enforcement of the present policy, which states that students must be 21 to drink, and then only in their rooms. The policy has not been reviewed since the Connecticut drinking age was raised to 21 five years ago, he said...
...committee is planning to present a report by the end of the spring semester, said member J. Lynn Stanley, director of nursing at the university infirmary. After the report is completed, the vice president for student affairs will review it and make a policy decision, Stanley said...