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...generation of women after another. Alas, within a few years of my meeting her, she began declining physically and mentally. In 1995, at a Lindbergh Foundation reception, Anne Lindbergh made a rare public appearance. Cameras and people swirled around her. Later I found her sitting alone, seeming somewhat dazed. "Is all this too overwhelming?" I asked. "Or is it fun?" For several seconds, she pondered. Then, in a way that made me think she might just be summing up her entire life, she said, "Both...
Nothing bad can be said about the substance of Fineberg's record, but a somewhat paradoxical criticism has emerged: sources on the Board of Overseers, in the central administration and in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) say they fear the strengthened provost's office created by Fineberg has diluted the autonomy of the University's faculties. Fineberg's very success may be his undoing...
Despite Wilson's impressive stewardship of the team, he is considered somewhat of a second-class coach. While putting in full-time hours, he is compensated as a part-time coach, and his one and only assitant coach joined the team on a volunteer basis...
...essayist Edward Hoagland, in a splendid piece called "Dogs and the Tug of Life," mentions that the dog's sense of smell is at least a hundred times as keen as a man's. He goes on to become somewhat personal: "The way in which a dog presents his anus and genitals for inspection indicates the hierarchical position that he aspires to, and other dogs who sniff his genitals are apprised of his sexual condition. From his urine they can undoubtedly distinguish age, build, state of sexual activity and general health, even hours after he's passed...
...students who fit the special case outlined above, the scarcity of departmental courses cross-listed for Core credit stands out as a significant problem of the current Core program. So does the somewhat mysterious petition process. As students familiar with the tempting biannual array of course options, we believe that reasonable departmental alternatives for Core courses should be explored more fully, and the Standing Committee on the Core Program pledges to do so. Progress has been made--the committee recently approved the cross-listing of Economics 1010a for Social Analysis credit. We hope this trend will continue, allowing students...