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...Undergraduate Council proposal to shorten exam period by two days will likely take effect on a trial basis next year, academics committee chair Steven n. Kalkanis '93 said yesterday...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, | Title: Shorter Exam Period Likely | 5/10/1991 | See Source »

...shorten reading period to one week. Let SONG complain all it wants. No other college reserves such a ridiculously long period of time to study for finals; infact, most colleges don't have more than two or three days between classes and exams...

Author: By Steven V. Mazie, | Title: I'm Not Reading | 5/1/1991 | See Source »

...Shorten the winter and spring exam periods: Again, two weeks is too long. Harvard could finish exams in 10 days without much of a problem. Phone polls have indicated that students favor the proposal and are willing to accept the increased chance of having two exams in one day in exchange for a less dreadfully extended exam period. Instead of hanging around Cambridge waiting to take finals, we could be skiing by mid-January and home...

Author: By Steven V. Mazie, | Title: I'm Not Reading | 5/1/1991 | See Source »

Suppose an American offensive against Iraq bogged down in a bloody stalemate, and Saddam turned his chemical or bacteriological weapons against American troops with devastating effect. Might the U.S. then use nuclear weapons in retaliation and to shorten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Military Options: Three Ethical Dilemmas 2 | 2/4/1991 | See Source »

...family's health insurance covers almost all expenses. But Wanglie refuses to permit the demise of his spouse, who, according to him, believed firmly that only God should make such a determination. "She told me that if anything happened to her, she didn't want anything done to shorten her life," says Wanglie, 86. "I promised her I would respect that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life And Death | 1/21/1991 | See Source »

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