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...watershed in this campaign, separate wheat from chaff, get the ball rolling, shift the momentum, be the straw that broke the camel's back or prove the turning point. But no matter how it turns out, New Hampshire will be judged by the mythos which have surrounded this poly-sci microcosm and given it the dubious privilege of determining political fortunes...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: The Quadrennial Quest | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

...Edward T. Wilcox, director of General Education, suggested yesterday some different reasons for Nat Sci 135's popularity. He noted the dearth of Nat Sci courses this semester-only three-and a "tendency for people to avoid science courses with...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: Packing Them In | 2/16/1980 | See Source »

While Nat Sci 135 has no lab sessions, all the Core science courses offered this semester do. Wilcox said some students "show hesitation about going into the Core because of a fear of science courses...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: Packing Them In | 2/16/1980 | See Source »

Wilcox is the administrator who predicts-"I make a guess," he said-how many students will take Gen Ed courses the following year. What went wrong with Nat Sci 135? "I guessed way off. The students faked me out," he said...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: Packing Them In | 2/16/1980 | See Source »

Writing while bringing up children, Le Guin sold her first short story when she was 30 and then began building a stellar reputation among sci-fi fans; her 1969 novel The Left Hand of Darkness won both a Hugo and a Nebula, science fiction's most prestigious awards. The Farthest Shore (1972) received a National Book Award. As the youngsters went off to school, the author fell into a writing schedule that she still maintains. She goes to her writing room in the house each morning at 9 and sits there for at least four hours, whether ideas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Worlds Enough and Time | 2/11/1980 | See Source »

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