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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Crimson's recent expose in the Core program quoted me in an effort to typify the problem of grade inflation (the so-called "Soft Core") and the lack of teaching fellow training...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Core Series Created a 'Straw Man' | 5/3/1994 | See Source »

...into a run for the Senate in 1950 against Helen Gahagan Douglas, a former actress who had served six years in the House as an ardent New Dealer. Since red hunting was a national mania in these Korean War days, Douglas foolishly tried to accuse Nixon of being soft on communism, and invented the name that haunted him for the rest of his life: Tricky Dick. But when it came to mudslinging, she was up against a champion. He called her the "pink lady" and declared that she was "pink right down to her underwear." He won by the biggest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Richard Nixon: I Have Never Been a Quitter | 5/2/1994 | See Source »

...have a admit that I chuckled when I read the quotation from an interview with Kathryn Meneely that appeared as part of the 'Soft Core' series: my remark was so taken out of context that what had been voiced as a serious criticism of the Core program sounded like a critique of those who teach...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Series on Core Program Falls Short | 4/28/1994 | See Source »

...Perhaps what is needed is two-tiered system in which students can satisfy their distribution requirements either through the Core, or in the departments themselves (where, ideally, class size would be much smaller). Either way, nothing will change unless the students themselves insist: and articles with silly names like "Soft Core" don't advance the cause sufficiently. Jeffrey Jerome Cohen Lecturer on History and Literature Head Teaching Fellow Literature and Arts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Series on Core Program Falls Short | 4/28/1994 | See Source »

...shown together on the same stage, but they never really connect in the way that Vogel hypothesizes. Without this driving universalism, Hot 'n' Throbbing becomes just another movie of the week, only better acted. It is truly unfortunate that Hot 'n' Throbbing can't raise itself about its soft prime time roots, the blood is so cool...

Author: By Sarah M. Rose, | Title: Throbbing, Fantastic But Flaccid | 4/28/1994 | See Source »

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