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...just quit worrying about grade inflation? Strict standards for grading would probably not ameliorate the situation (if such a situation actually exists), and even if they did, they would likely create other problems. The "Gentleman's B" has become widely accepted and recognized not only here at Harvard, but among prospective employers and graduate school admissions officers...
...high jump talent surfaced his freshman and sophomore years, although his training time was cut short by basketball. With only two weeks of high jump practice both years, Mann leapt to a fourth-place finish in the 1993 championships and a silver the following year. Passionate about track, Mann quit basketball to focus on high jump his junior year...
Minorities and women quit companies more than twice as often as white males, a 1995 University of Michigan study shows...
Carol became pregnant while a sophomore in college but felt she didn't want to interrupt her education. In that year, 1983, there were 435 abortions for every 1,000 births, and she was part of those statistics. Her own mother quit school and got married when she found she was pregnant. In fact, it was her father who insisted on "giving the baby a name...
...13th Senator to do so. Cohen attributed his decision to the current budget stalemate, prompting the White House to express concern over the political center's "capacity to govern." In the House of Representatives, meanwhile, the retirement list grew to 35, when Pennsylvania's William Clinger said he would quit...