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...DIED. ROGER STRAUS JR., 87, sharp-tongued and fiercely independent co-founder of publishing house Farrar, Straus and Giroux, whose roster of authors has included T.S. Eliot, Flannery O'Connor and Tom Wolfe; in New York City. A critic of the publishing industry's overcommercialization, Straus, who started the business with John Farrar in 1946, sold out to a European conglomerate in 1994 but managed to retain a high degree of editorial autonomy. Publishing houses run by conglomerates, he said, "could just as well be selling string, spaghetti or rugs...
...addition to reading the examination procedures aloud at the beginning of the exam and monitoring the activities of test-takers, proctors must compare the exam attendance slips to a class roster provided by the instructor. For tests in large lecture halls, this can be particularly tedious and time-consuming...
...fully-funded internships as English instructors in Namibia, Costa Rica, China and Ecuador through the Center’s alliance with WorldTeach. Prominent policymakers and leaders of non-governmental organizations have attended CID dinners to speak to students about careers and issues related to development; last fall, this roster included the former Zambian ambassador to the United States and a representative from the non-profit group Students Partnership Worldwide. The staff provides financial and logistical support for the annual publication and distribution of the Guide to International Development, which helps students navigate the complex web of student groups, resources...
...weekend’s team trials were the final factor in a complex formula that determines who makes the roster. The results of this event counted for 40 percent of a total calculation in which year-end national ranking accounts for 40 percent and one’s performance at the S.L. Green National championship—held in Seattle, Wash., earlier this year—counts for the other 20 percent...
...while the Crimson (19-7, 7-0 Ivy) surely profited from both the skill and direction of its leaders, the co-captains were not alone in piloting the team—rather, the Harvard roster actually boasted five seniors, each of whom substantially contributed to this season’s success...