Word: smalling
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...divided, by general consensus, into three tiers of quality. At the top are Berkeley, UCLA and fast-rising U.C. San Diego. In the middle are Irvine, Davis and Santa Barbara. And then there are Santa Cruz and Riverside. The rollback of affirmative action has had only a small impact on admissions to U.C. as a whole--the eight U.C. campuses took 47,804 students this year, 7,439 of them black, Hispanic and Native American--only 27 fewer minority students than in 1997, the last year race was part of the process. But the new rules have caused...
Straight out of a Norman Rockwell painting, therustic villages of western Mass. Are among theremaining outposts of small-town New England.Nestled in the rolling Berkshires, Greyhoundserves Stockbridge, Williamstown and other townsin the area...
...miss the opportunity to get out on thewater yourself. Ferries ply the water betweenBoston and numerous small islands in MassachusettsBay. Several groups run whale-watch cruises fromRockport and Gloucester on Cape Ann, and otherleave from Cape Cod. Expect to spend about $25 forthe trip...
Play softball on the Common--a small baseball field is nearly always empty--or take advantage of the University's Commencement-groomed lawns for some sunbathing...
...aggressively opposed it), the Clinton administration accepted the latest compromise bill after some last-minute wavering and tinkering. The final measure tries to encourage mediation and gives companies a 90-day period to fix a computer glitch before a plaintiff can file suit. It also caps punitive damages for small businesses, limits class-action lawsuits and in most cases holds companies liable only for the damage they cause...