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Wozniak and several other students said HUDS is doing a good job of being responsive to students. But they cited ongoing complaints, including sub-par fare on Fridays and lunch foods reappearing at dinner...

Author: By Susanne C. Chock, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HUDS Survey, A Work in Progress | 10/23/2002 | See Source »

...these strictures begin to look like nothing more than a bunch of hypocrites and phonies—a group that takes extensive prophylactic measures against letting mediocre coursework from other institutions count for Harvard degree credit, while turning a blind eye to, and granting full Harvard College credit for, sub-par instruction that occurs right here in Cambridge...

Author: By Zachary S. Podolsky, | Title: Summer School Sham | 10/3/2002 | See Source »

...status quo. You don't need to look far to see how much things haven't changed: America's slums are still infested with roaches and drug dealers, our public schools are still suffering from inattention, and too many of our citizens are still abandoned to the streets, sub-par nursing facilities or mental institutions. In Los Angeles, television executives are doing their best to capitalize on the country's sudden, collective clamor for nostalgia, pumping out maudlin new series (like NBC's "American Dreams"). And in New York, the mercenary battles rage on over the distribution of cash raised...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Guarded Nation Celebrates the Fourth | 7/3/2002 | See Source »

Dramatic changes to undergraduate education—including abolishing the Core Curriculum, reforming Harvard’s sub-par advising system and addressing grade inflation—should be Kirby’s first priority. His comments indicating such a focus two days ago were a promising start...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: New Dean Faces Challenges | 5/22/2002 | See Source »

...Fred, like his movies, was nowhere when not dancing. In his films? long dialogue scenes, the actor Astaire seemed both stiff and fluttery, feckless - not superhuman, as he did in the big numbers, but sub-par. Indeed, that?s one thing that made his dances stand out: they were so much more suavely realized than the rest of the enterprise, and Astaire came truly alive only when he was in them. Kelly, a believer in artistic integration, gave just as much attention to "the rest of the movie." He acted-danced with the same concentrated energy that he danced-acted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Dancin? Man | 3/2/2002 | See Source »

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