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...accounted for 23.7 percent of all grades given to undergrads last academic year—the highest level since 1999-2000, and the second-highest level over the past 20 years.The most common grade at Harvard since 1989-1990 has been an A-minus. Those almost-stellar marks accounted for 25.0% of all grades last year.And the fraction of failures among all undergraduate grades remained at a two-decade low of 0.4 percent.Gross wrote that “grade compression continues to be a concern,” and he urged Faculty members to discuss the trend...
...ever “experimented” with girls. Overall, the main problem with “Imagine” is a rigid screenplay full of clichéd lines more fitting for a Lifetime movie-of-the-week. Despite the formulaic writing, the flick is bolstered by stellar turns from Headey and Goode, as they both outshine heroine Rachel. For her part, Headey is absolutely adorable as a down-on-her-luck woman in the romance department. But Headey’s breathtaking beauty makes it difficult to believe she can’t find a date...
DIED. MOIRA SHEARER, 80, exquisite, flame-haired prima ballerina whose brief, stellar career as a principal dancer with Britain's famed Sadler's Wells Ballet was overshadowed, to her dismay, by her lead role in the 1948 ballet film The Red Shoes; in Oxford, England. Shearer, who continued to act but gave up dancing in her late 20s, said all the hype surrounding the Oscar-winning film "ruined my career...
...warmed up for Super Bowl XL in Detroit--255-lb. Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jerome (the Bus) Bettis, that is, who is headed back to his hometown to play the Seattle Seahawks on Feb. 5. Bettis, 33, who is chasing the first NFL title of his stellar 13-year career, spoke with TIME's Sean Gregory about retirement, bowling and the fumble that nearly killed...
...serve in this office without being grateful for the privilege of working with this stellar faculty, no small number of whom I have had the honor to recruit; of being supported by the dedicated staff that serves us all in FAS; of meeting and befriending our wonderful alumni; and—above all—serving the students for whom, at the end of the day, this University exists...