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Although the new regulations raise the minimum standard for cum laude in General Studies from a B-to a B, they were not designed to curtail the number of honors degrees awarded annually. Through some statistical mystery, the slight tightening of requirements is expected to translate into several more honors degrees each year...
Although the new regulations raise the minimum standard for cum laude in General Studies from a B-to a B, they were not designed to curtail the number of honors degrees awarded annually. Through some statistical mystery, the slight lightening of requirements is expected to translate into several more honors degrees each year...
...most common lament of stage actresses is a lack of good parts for older women. The Octette Bridge Club, a comedy about eight matronly Irish Catholic sisters who meet every other Friday during the 1930s and 1940s to play cards and swap stories, remedies that problem. The narrative is slight and achieves its climaxes by announcing rather than portraying them. But the current production displays some of Broadway's most skilled actresses demonstrating how to employ the briefest dialogue to imply unspoken volumes. Playwright Barry keeps the inner lives of the sisters well guarded, by intention: he means to examine...
...matter who wins, and Cornell rates a slight favorite because of the Lynah advantage, there will be plenty of bruises to go around the morning after...
...ward, seemed to improve dramatically. According to Lansing, he was initiating conversation, pronouncing difficult words like Mississippi, counting correctly and, perhaps most important, "laughing more." New dentures apparently eased things for him. Though prospects for a complete recovery of speech and mental functions remained slight, doctors were once again talking about transferring Schroeder to the transitional home, perhaps as early as this week...