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...their part, the Tigers have recently suffered a shake-up at the top of their lineup, with national No. 6 Will Evans leapfrogging defending national champion David Yik to take over the No. 1 position. Patterson is familiar with Evans, too, having beaten him as a freshman before losing their last three matches...
...Duke this system was not instituted, due to students who feared a shake-up in grades, and professors who didn’t want to relinquish their power over the grading process. Of course this system isn’t perfect, but it is worth considering. Once we’ve accepted a system of letter grading, we might as well make it fair...
...thrilled that you included the Nickel Creek trio in your report on the next wave in music [INNOVATORS, May 28]. They are indeed in the vanguard of country music, which is badly in need of a shake-up. But what, I wonder, did you mean by saying "Nothing about them smells of bluegrass"? Bluegrass has evolved since Bill Monroe as much as jazz has since Louis Armstrong. It is full of innovative, nontraditional artists right now, and Nickel Creek's musicians are only the most visible among them. CRAIG HAVIGHURST Nashville, Tenn...
...their only jolt of the day to come from Starbucks, but Wednesday morning they got a second, most unwelcome kick from a moderate earthquake centered 35 miles south of the city. The quake, which measured 6.8 on the Richter scale, left an estimated $2 billion in damages. While the shake-up was undeniably scary, northwesterners are counting their blessings Thursday - 272 injuries were reported (all mild), and no deaths were directly linked to the seismic shift...
Consumer advocates like former Senator Howard Metzenbaum, chairman of the Consumer Federation of America, hope that a government win might lead to a shake-up in interest rates, which this summer hit a six-year peak of 17.8%. Interest rates and penalty fees have shot up over the past several years, as issuers scramble to compensate for the growing number of Americans--now a majority--who clear their balances every month to avoid such charges. The fee system is at issue in several other cases involving the behemoths...