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...continuity." Three weeks later, they delivered a first draft in a fax to Clinton in Europe. With a week to go, speechwriters David Dreyer and Bob Boorstin met with Clinton on Air Force One to rework weak spots. The new discipline seemed to be working. "This will be a shorter, more focused speech," an official boasted...
...feel that it needs those extra two weeks to get the work done that was put off during the semester. Thus, they want Harvard to force students to acquire the self-discipline to cram in their activities, a little fun and the end-of-the-semester work in a shorter period of time...
...workload wouldn't get lighter-the time for doing it would just get shorter. And people active in extracurricular activities would be forced to do their planning and work for next-semester projects (spring registration issues, for example) during reading and exam period as well...
...relatively short in faculty compared to the other sciences," says Lewis. "We are probably going to be even shorter, because the number of students who want the applied sciences is growing and will continue to grow...
Feldman agrees. "It's clear that scientistshave to do a better job on educating the people onthe importance of basic science," he says. "Peopleare looking to shorter term solutions to problems,and are less willing to support long rangescience...