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According to sophomore Sam Taylor, who was recruited as a receiver on the football team, Harvard, Princeton and Yale are only allowed to admit very few athletes in the lower tier of their academic standards. Cornell, Pennsylvania, Brown and the other Ivies are permitted to accept a larger proportion of...

Author: By Derek J. Kaufman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Brown Incident Questions Ivy Recruiting Policies | 5/4/2000 | See Source »

LIVING IN SIN Once rare, cohabitation is becoming the norm. The proportion of married couples who first lived together rose from about 10% in 1960 to more than 50% in 1998. And 33% of American households are composed of two unmarried adults with no children, making this the most common...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Apr. 24, 2000 | 4/24/2000 | See Source »

"The media has blown out of proportion every single jump, dive, boost, explosion in the stock market," he says. "It's the number one story, not Elian, not the Philippines, not Clinton. A small drop becomes next day's tank because of the media."

Author: By Eric S. Barr, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Hang Tight as Markets Take a Dive | 4/21/2000 | See Source »

Your piece on billionaire Michael Saylor's notion of creating a free worldwide online university [EDUCATION, March 27] states that there is little scholarly research in this area. In fact, there is a growing body of literature that documents the efficacy of online learning compared with campus-based instruction. But...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 17, 2000 | 4/17/2000 | See Source »

The apartments themselves are often small and cramped, with houses holding two or three families apiece, a large proportion of them families with children.

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Area 4: Our neighborhood | 4/12/2000 | See Source »

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