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...Crimson also pointed to "statistically significant" differences in academic, extra-curricular, personal, teacher, counselor and alumni ratings, as well as class rank and scores. But our Quantitative Reasoning courses have shown people that differences can be "statistically significant" yet not large enough to be meaningful. The actual differences in the ratings turn out to be approximately 0.2 points or less on five or six point scales. For example, the extracurricular rating for alumni children was 2.52, compared to 2.43 for the others (one is high on those scales). Not only are such differences insignificant but the fact is that...
...teaching shares much of the Democratic party's platform: opposition to the death penalty, runaway defense spending, apartheid in South Africa and military support for right-wing regimes in Latin America; support for federal and state welfare, prenatal care, gun control and educational spending. Despite the stereotype of conservative rank-and-file Catholics, the American Church's leadership, the American Council of Catholic Bishops, has taken high-profile stands against the arms race, homelessness and laissez-faire economics...
...Brown wants to improve on its eighth rank inteam offense, its leading scorer cannot be adefender, even an All-ECAC defender like MikeBrewer (7-23--30). Fellow prolific defender MikeRoss (12-12--24) will move to the front line,where he will join Derek Chauvette (7-18--25) andJoey Beck (3-12--15) as a key threat. Talentedfreshman Chris Kaban will join the Bruins afterserving a three-game eligibility suspension andshould add offensive punch...
...song Latifah's Law, "BMWs and gold rope chains don't impress me, won't get you closer to the point you could undress me." The name Latifah, she notes, is Arabic for delicate and sensitive. As for calling herself Queen, "it has nothing to do with rank. I believe all black people came from a long line of kings and queens that they've never really known about." The title was simply Latifah's way of paying tribute to them...
Before Josie Natori married, her father told husband-to-be Ken that there were "two things that you have to know in this family. One, that my wife is the commander in chief and, two, that my mother-in-law is the supreme commander in chief." Natori, 43, must rank as at least a five-star general. Merrill Lynch's first female investment banker, Natori rose to vice president of the company before leaving in 1977 to create her own firm. She started small, working in her New York City apartment, designing and selling fine lingerie. In a pinch...