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Although this shopping period of eight days wasthree days longer than last semester's, it wasstill shorter than the normal 10-day shoppingperiod, says Registrar Margaret...

Author: By Andrew D. Cohen, | Title: Core Course Lotteries Complicate Shopping | 2/11/1989 | See Source »

...change that directly affects them, reacted vehemently, as more than 1000 of them petitioned for a review of the plan. Withholding lottery numbers only adds insult to injury, removing the last vestige of self-determination and information left freshmen. Regrettably, the Undergraduate Council also opted for the shorter-sighted goal of preserving choice at all costs in the face of self-perpetuating stereotypes of houses that, like it or not, shape students' residential life...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fairness First | 2/8/1989 | See Source »

With the price of tuition as high as it is, we should make sure we get the most for our educational dollar. A shorter and more clearly defined reading period would certainly help make a Harvard education more worth its hefty price...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Revamping "Reading Period" | 2/8/1989 | See Source »

Such high-flying praise is all the more astounding given Jordan's size. At 6 ft. 6 in., he is a full inch shorter than the average NBA player, but he transcends his handicap by spending most of his time above the others. His perfectly proportioned frame (his 205 lbs. include a minuscule 4% body fat vs. 7% for most well-conditioned athletes and 15% for an average male in the U.S.) soars up, around and over the mere mortals he opposes. Most guards, being "smaller" men, prefer the quiet of the perimeter to the violent collisions of leviathans under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Leapin' Lizards! Michael Jordan Can't Actually Fly | 1/9/1989 | See Source »

...Gorbachev and Reagan signed an agreement to eliminate their medium-and shorter-range nuclear missiles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gorbachev to Meet Reagan, Bush | 12/6/1988 | See Source »

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