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...Fresh" is the ideal now. It stands, figuratively, for stylish, but it literally means clean, new, right. Sneakers without a smudge; jeans unblemished. But there is humor as well as rigor in rap flash. If you think high, knitted ski caps worn at impossible angles are just funny-looking, you only get half the joke. Printed legends like I'D RATHER BE SKIING refer not to snowy slopes but to white mounds of a certain illicit inhalable substance. Greek fisherman hats, or bike-team hats, even shirts with alligator trademarks are worn with what Rap Scene Writer Michael Holman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Chilling Out on Rap Flash | 3/21/1983 | See Source »

Intellectual rigor and cogency are all that a plan of study logically requires; if the program also happens to be original, the student may also need some extra perseverance to convince others of its legitamacy. Yet the Special Concentrations Committees leaps from this point to place barriers before students which are nearly impossible to overcome; even manageable programs generally prove extremely stressful. For many students, the prospect of continuous uncertainly about their academic future is too high a price for pursuing an unestablished field that fascinates them. Even the amount of time it takes to coordinate a Special Concentration...

Author: By Jenny Springer, | Title: The Beaten Track | 3/2/1983 | See Source »

...other problem the revision seeks to address in the accessibility and applicability of math courses to the intermediate level. Also Math "55, Advanced Calculus," would become Math 25. "Honors Intermediate Calculus and Linear Algebra," Which would have "the rigor without the abstraction, matching the preparation of students much better, explained Mumford...

Author: By Jocelyne R. Lamm, | Title: Math Faculty Committee Proposes Curriculum Revision | 2/14/1983 | See Source »

...pair of scissors," stitching all this material together. He insisted that a certain innocence and tastefulness had to be maintained, despite the fact that "Dustin is more outrageous, more adventurous, shall we say." The star's willingness to open himself up gives Tootsie its humanity. But the rigor of Pollack's debate with Hoffman may have sharpened the actor's extraordinary performance, shaped his improvs and brought this diffuse enterprise into the clear focus that distinguishes great comedy from the mediocre...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Tootsie on a Roll to the Top | 12/20/1982 | See Source »

...while the emphasis of the program is on academic rigor, many of the past and present program participates say that work is not the only important aspect of Upward Bound. Indeed, both students and administrations see the program as an important "support system" for uncertain high scholars...

Author: By Meredith E. Greene, | Title: Upward Bound | 12/13/1982 | See Source »

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