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...addition to those heroic performances, were the performances of a bevy of faceless freshmen and sophomores who had the task of picking up the team's slack shoved at them at various points in the year...

Author: By Sean D. Wissman, | Title: Wrestlers Start Well, But End Year On Back | 6/9/1994 | See Source »

...fact, a committee assigned to review the success of reading period in 1930 also saw the plan as one which catered to self-starting honors students--in contrast to the situation today, when a reading period without assignments seems best suited for those who slack off during the semester...

Author: By Gaston DE Los reyes, | Title: Reading Period Designed for Profs | 5/13/1994 | See Source »

...matter. For years now, we've been inundated with cries of "No means No!" Whatever happened to "Yes means Yes?" What kind of mediation service abdicates its duty to get Harvard students to Yes? Now, maybe, since the HMS is just in its infancy, we should cut them some slack. But, as long as HMS decides to focus on inter-ethnic dialogue and problem solving, it will be grossly underutilized...

Author: By Dan E. Markel, | Title: 'Getting to Yes' Redux | 4/13/1994 | See Source »

...Tomb of the Patriarchs was an obvious tinderbox. The military governor of Hebron, Colonel Shalom Goldstein, testified that 25 "incidents of friction" between Jewish and Muslim worshippers had been recorded there in the past year. Yet security discipline was slack. On the morning of the massacre, five of the six men who were supposed to be guarding the inside of the mosque were absent. Three arrived late, which one of them acknowledged was a common occurrence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hebron's Ugly Truths | 3/28/1994 | See Source »

...council as it stands really has an impact on student life, then students would notice a dramatic decline in activities. If this were to happen, contributions would likely increase the next year, or independent student groups might pick up the slack, organizing activities and securing funding in a less devious manner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Finding Ways to Waste Money | 3/24/1994 | See Source »

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