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...preliminary report of the Task Force on General Education becomes increasingly urgent, professors’ resistance to another prolonged debate over the issue of evaluations is understandable. But at the least, some professor should have opened the legislation to question to see if the critics of mandatory evaluations would ruin another faculty meeting with their renegade feelings...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Will A Professor Please Stand Up? | 12/14/2006 | See Source »

...rough at an underachieving school. Instead, it will make the difference when the admissions office is considering two students of the former type: one whose parents went to Yale and one whose parents went to Harvard. In these cases, giving the spot to the legacy does not ruin a conception of meritocracy in admissions...

Author: By Adam M. Guren and Reva P. Minkoff | Title: Retain Legacy Preference | 12/13/2006 | See Source »

...situation.“I don’t think Kyle played a bad game, it’s not his fault at all,” Reese said. “I just think they want to keep him confident for the future. No reason to ruin a guy’s confidence.”Forced to play catch-up hockey, the Crimson squandered six additional man-advantage opportunities in the final two periods. In each case, Harvard managed few quality shots, launching just two in two third-period power plays, and could mount only sporadic pressure...

Author: By Robert T. Hamlin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘Bad Effort’ Leads to Another ECAC Loss | 11/26/2006 | See Source »

...questions, and has challenged Iran to do a lot more to reassure the world over its intentions, the IAEA says it has found no evidence that Tehran actually has a nuclear weapons program. So Moscow and Beijing are pushing back against the sanctions option and warning that it could ruin prospects for a negotiated solution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush's Iraq-Iran-Israel Dilemma | 11/16/2006 | See Source »

...outset only because Perelman was already an established mathematician. Such attention would not be accorded to a novice, whose work would be met with skepticism. This hierarchy is a huge incentive for serious scientists to submit only preprints of the highest caliber and for community denizens not to ruin their reputes by publishing false or misleading information.Each of these projects also has an efficient administrative system with which to stop attempts at sabotage, and it is all but impossible for any mischief to cause harm before it is spotted and thwarted. Any changes or contributions made by a vandal...

Author: By Patrick JEAN Baptiste and Yifei Chen, S | Title: The Fall of the Scientific Wall | 10/18/2006 | See Source »

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