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...addition to the student members, Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 is an ex-officio member of the committee. Other faculty members are Peter J. Gomes, Plummer professor of Christian morals, Sandra A. Naddall, master of Mather House and a senior lecturer in literature, and Jerome Kagan, Starch professor of psychology. One additional faculty member will be named to the ad-hoc committee...
...this spring, Starch Professor of Psychology Jerome Kagan will team up with Professor of Education Kurt W. Fischer and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Medical School Francine M. Benes to teach Psychology 1202, "Behavioral and Brain Development...
...perkiness and primping, the look is small-town, polyester. This is Sears, not Saks. The women would be prettier with smarter clothes and hipper hairdos. A few display true glamour and grace, but in general this is a triumph of starch over sizzle. The earnestness with which the women sell themselves would make them comfy at a Mary Kay Cosmetics convention. They radiate not fantastic beauty but fanatical effort. For some, striving to be universally liked can trigger the scent of desperation. Horn says, "They are interviewing for a job--the job of Miss America," and the pressure shows...
...recent study conducted by Roper Starch Worldwide, a polling organization, Princeton Review's SAT prep students were found to have improved their scores by 127 points, MCAT students by 6.5. These results were not considered by the panel and are currently being contested by Kaplan...
...Then there's the macho has, which is really colorful," she continues. "You have your chilli, which is red, your machos, which are yellow and your guacamole, which is green. Overall, thumbs up on color except for starch days...