Word: reports
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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ACCORDING to the October 16 issue of U.S. News & World Report, Harvard-Radcliffe ranks third among national universities. This came as quite a shock to an acquaintance, a "Harvard man" if ever there was one. He's not used to being second-best in anything; third is simply anathema...
...gently suggested that he pay no heed to the report. Ranking universities, I said, is like guessing jellybeans--completely unscientific and of no lasting significance...
...thus, the two of us spent the better part of an evening poring over the offending material--the U.S. News & World Report exclusive ratings: America's Best Colleges...
...Crimson booster nearly leaped out of his insignia sweatsuit at this sight. The folks at U.S. News & World Report were headed in the right direction, he said, but they had stopped way short of completion. "How in the name of Widener," he swore, "could anyone judge a school on just five broad criteria...
...report, I confessed, made no mention of setting. The Harvard man had made his point--but he was already onto another item...