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After recently completing a three-month tour of Europe, the group?Eos, Tania Davis, Haylie Ecker and Gay-Yee Westerhoff?embark on a 16-date concert tour in Asia this week. Expectations are high. Nearly one-third of Born sales has come from the region, an unusually high proportion for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sex in the Symphony | 3/11/2002 | See Source »

Given that the announced tuition hike is here to stay, the University should devote the new revenue directly to initiatives such as an expanded freshman seminar program, to more choice in the Core, and to a larger Faculty that is more involved in undergraduate education. It should also account for...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Creeping Tuition | 3/11/2002 | See Source »

Thanks to the margarita, the U.S. accounts for more than three-quarters of Mexico's tequila exports. Most bars serve mixto tequila--containing only 51% distilled agave juice. But in recent years, as consumers have become more sophisticated, 100% agave varieties have been growing in popularity, with sales rising 12...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Global Life: Classy Tequila | 2/25/2002 | See Source »

First, have a reliably scaled map of the entire Middle East in view during any discussion of the Arabs and Israel. Since the map shows that Israel takes up about one percent of the region—about the proportion of Rhode Island to the United States—the...

Author: By Ruth R. Wisse, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Standing Up For Israel | 2/25/2002 | See Source »

A report by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences has decried the growing trend of GRADE INFLATION at U.S. universities. In 1969, 7% of undergraduate grades were A's; by 1993, 26% were A's. At Harvard University, the proportion of A's rose from 22% in 1966 to 46...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Throwing The Curve | 2/18/2002 | See Source »

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