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...among the most important digits in the admissions numbers game. “You can tell a lot often by a person’s ZIP code,” according to Admissions Dean William R. Fitzsimmons ’67. “We can determine in a rough kind of way if students come from a socioeconomically disadvantaged background...
...while reviewers use ZIP codes to “determine in a rough kind of way” whether applicants have faced financial hardship, they do not use the aid forms to establish in a precise kind of way whether applicants have encountered economic obstacles...
...company can begin work without it. Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki wants a vote in parliament by the end of May. But talks in Dubai last week left even one of the law's authors grim about its prospects. "I can assure you the law will have a very rough ride in parliament," says Tariq Shafiq, an Iraqi petroleum consultant in London after the Dubai meeting. "I expect at least 30 to 50% objection." The new Sunni oil potential adds another huge and volatile element to the talks...
...fifth-place finish, while junior captain skipper Kyle Kovacs skippered B-division to fourth place with the help of Dolbec.“Sunday was different, the conditions were sort of harder to figure out,” Dolbec said. “We had a few rough sets, and a few good ones, too.”The Coast Guard is also the site of the dingy nationals qualifying, scheduled to take place the weekend after next.“Hopefully we made all our mistakes this weekend and we won’t be making any more...
...life last spring. He was dropped into the middle of thick bamboo forest, making him the first giant panda bred in captivity to be released by Chinese scientists into the wild. Although he had received some survival training, Xiang Xiang soon found he had been left in a very rough neighborhood. In late December forest wardens noticed from his radio-collar tracker that he wasn't moving. The bear had been bitten by a wild panda in a fight for territory; Xiang Xiang was eventually found, treated and sent back into the wild...