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...University's credit, the admissions office already downplays the importance of the SAT. Standardized tests rank behind secondary school record as indicators of one's academic potential, according to Senior Admissions Officer David Evans. In addition, prospective Harvardians are judged on extracurricular activitites and personal character...

Author: By Steven J.S. Glick, | Title: Can't Get No SATisfaction | 4/8/1989 | See Source »

...there were a smaller, more stable course catalog, from which students could get solid information and be better able to rank course preferences, pre-registration might work. But currently, it would be extremely unfair to require students to pre-register...

Author: By Nelson Y. Wang, | Title: Registering the Problems of Sections | 4/7/1989 | See Source »

Many union leaders and rank-and-file members have said they would accept wage and benefit concessions to help resurrect Eastern if they were given independence from Texas Air, which acquired the 60-year-old carrier in early 1986 for about $600 million...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ueberroth Group Agrees to Buy Eastern | 4/7/1989 | See Source »

...other recipients expressed jubilation. "Iwas jumping up and down for a good five minutes,"Drees said. According to Lu, raised in Houston,she has earned a "14-and-a-half" grade pointaverage on the University's 15-pointscale--placing her exactly between an `A' and `A-'rank...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Twelve Juniors Win National Honors | 4/6/1989 | See Source »

...nobody expected the academics to stage a full-scale revolt. After a noisy protest meeting outside, rank-and-file scientists voted to reject all but eight of the official candidates, leaving 15 vacancies in the 23 parliamentary seats set aside for scientists and clearing the way for the election of Sakharov and other reformers in a fresh round of voting next month. "This was the result of a great grass-roots movement," an obviously pleased Sakharov told reporters at the gathering. "If they choose me to be a candidate and a Deputy, I will not refuse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union: Revolt of the Scientists | 4/3/1989 | See Source »

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