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...committee also decided, long ago, that no student had to take more than eight Core half-courses to fulfill his requirements. But because there are ten Core sub-areas, the committee had to find a way of exempting students from taking courses in two of them...
Therefore, the committee decided to exempt students from taking Core courses in the sub-areas that corresponded to their concentrations, while at the same time "protecting the science areas," Wilcox says...
...committee also decided that students in physical science concentrations must take one half-course in the Sciences B sub-area, which covers life sciences. Concentrators in biology-related sciences, however, are not required to take courses in the Sciences A sub-area, covering physical sciences...
...someone who grew up in the area what it means to play in the Beanpot. He'll grope for words, maybe mumble something about "pride" or "electricity in the air." Then, a pause. As a kid, he played street hockey every day in sub-freezing weather, using the curbs for boards and garbage cans or a Rube Goldberg wooden contraption for a net; made his parents wake up at four in the morning to shuttle him to some dingy arena when ice time is cheaper and the Pee Wee team can practice; stared transfixed as Bobby Orr led the Bruins...
...level of domestic interest rates. The New York president even earns twice as much as his nominal boss in Washington. Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, the previous New York Fed president, has taken a cut to $60,700, a salary pegged to that of the highest paid sub-Cabinet members. Solomon will earn about $125,000, an income judged to be a bit closer to that of a private New York bank president...