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...faculty members are likely to develop new courses for the Core program, and many of the current Core courses will be reshaped and reworked to conform to new General Education guidelines.” To provide students graduating under the Core with a “rich and robust menu of courses,” the committees governing the Core and Gen Ed—the Standing Committee on the Core Program and the Standing Committee on General Education—will alleviate certain restrictions on departmental classes to allow a greater number to be considered for Core credit, Smith...
...battered bitterness in this Karen Holmes. She may sashay in public, but at home with her philandering husband she spits out her contempt in cigarette puffs. Her hatred for him, and what he did to her, leads Karen into liaisons out of desperation and revenge. She thinks that robust Sgt. Warden (Burt Lancaster) may be the man she searched for in all those other men. In the famous beach scene, as waves crash over them, they lie down and she rolls on top of him, in command. "Nobody ever kissed me the way you do," she purrs ("kiss" being...
...Core credit will be expanded. “They are much more flexible than they were in the past,” Herschbach said in a brief telephone interview last night. “Everyone wants to be sure that during this transition the Core program continues to be robust,” Herschbach added. Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith is expected to send a letter in the next few days asking professors to offer departmental courses for Core credit under the relaxed guidelines, Herschbach said. Smith could not be reached for comment last...
...things have changed - greatly. Economies in countries such as Brazil and India have become more robust, more diversified and consequently less vulnerable to economic downturns in the U.S. and Europe. Many companies in developing countries are today better capitalized and better managed than they were 10 years ago, helping to justify valuations that are more on par with companies in developed countries. In fact, some emerging-market sectors look very cheap. Manufacturers of technology products, such as computers, are trading at an average discount of almost 20% to their industrial-country peers, even though they enjoy significantly higher earnings growth...
According to Cornell professor William M. Lynn, nations that tip usually embrace materialism and status. Egalitarian-minded nations tend not to have robust tipping cultures. Furthermore, tip prevalence seems to be negatively related to the tax burden within a country. It’s harder to tip when more of your money is heading to the state...