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...CLEANED. Michelangelo's DAVID; in preparation for its 500th birthday celebration later this year; in Florence. The five-meter-tall marble nude had not received a thorough cleansing in more than a century. Despite worries that the process could damage the masterpiece, the restoration team insists David is "the same as ever...
...such a thorough overhaul of the old test weren’t stressful enough for college applicants, college admissions committees aren’t being consistent on what they will accept from the high school class of 2006—will scores from either the old or the new test be ok or will applicants have to take the test over after the new exam comes out? Harvard recently determined that it would only accept the new exam from the applicant Class of 2006, but this is the wrong decision. Harvard should accept both the old and new SAT exam...
...agents determined that he had no connection to Moussaoui's associate. "It turned out to be a total coincidence," says a Justice Department official. When notified that Berg had been picked up in Mosul, the FBI might have wondered if its original assessment was wrong. After conducting a "thorough review of records," the agents decided once again that he was harmless--and possibly in danger...
Despite its history of bickering, Faculty of Arts and Sciences administrators described the process which led to Alcock’s selection as consensual and thorough, and there is a sense that the two groups want to see resolutions to problems with joint appointments...
...that purports to be the best in the world, second-rate teaching—frustratingly common at Harvard—is simply unacceptable. Admitting there is a problem, however, is only the first step in solving it. Though the report has some solid suggestions, it does not recommend the thorough overhaul of undergraduate pedagogy that the College needs...