Word: slating
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...timing could prove to be a blessing in disguise. Save for a tune-up win over Division III Ursinus this week, Princeton (6-7) is also coming off an extended break for exams. Penn (8-5), meanwhile, stumbled through the first half of last year’s Ivy slate and has been inconsistent in the early portion of its schedule this year. Star forward Ugonna Onyekwe is coming off a demotion by Quaker coach Fran Dunphy. Onyekwe, whose underachieving has repeatedly drawn Dunphy’s ire, was left out of his team’s starting lineup...
...discovery that genes have something to do with behavior came as a shock in the second half of the 20th century, when most people still thought that the mind of a newborn was a blank slate and that anyone could do anything if only he or she strove hard enough. And the link continues to set off alarm bells about what it will lead to. Many people are worried about a Brave New World in which parents or governments will try to re-engineer human nature. Others see genes as a threat to free will and personal responsibility, citing headlines...
...recently-announced slate of shows going up in the Loeb Experimental Theater next semester, which include two theses and one original play, will see more money than Ex shows have in past years...
...almost no one does--quit the firm before the requisite resume-enhancing two years. Next he joined the Manhattan district attorney's office, where he spent six years pursuing the Gambinos and other big-time criminals. He returned to private practice, this time at the firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, before making a sudden decision in 1994 to run for New York attorney general. He got crushed, finishing fourth in a four-way primary race. Worse, opponents later claimed he relied improperly on family wealth to finance his campaign, a charge that became an issue in his next...
This fall, D’Alessandro has trotted out several other plans, each one targeting a different slate of schools and drawing crowds of picketing parents. Even Price submitted a drastic plan of his own, which he withdrew after vehement criticism...