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...minds of political analysis is what the Kennedy School did for Dukakis. He himself singles out the opportunity it gave him to leave active political life and begin to think about the issues, concerns, and problems you have in government." The class discussions and the consultations he had with "top-notch faculty" were beneficial but he says it "was less a question of learning than reflecting." As Carballo says, "When you're in government, decisions have to be made the day before yesterday," but in school you have time to mull over them...
Penn State--which easily defended its title--was led by top-notch competitors like Patty Murnune, who loped to a hard-fought first place in the 1500 ahead of Harvard senior co-captain Mary Herlihy. Running neck-and-neck with Murnane throughout the race, Herlihy was barely beaten at the finish, despite running a personal best of 4:22. Freshman Mary-Jeanne Barrett also ran her best time ever, taking third with a time...
...obvious flake unloads his home computer from a Mercedes station wagon with Connecticut plates, and Dad says something like, "So really, what does it take to get in? He's got top-notch scores; will he make it?" They told us about this at proctor orientation, but it hadn't seemed possible. "Yes," I reply, "I can guarantee...
...things in the proper perspective, it should be mentioned that Penn (0-3) isn't a top-notch squad. Like Harvard, the Quakers lack height and have to rely on speed and the fast break...
...Council had to sail through a very narrow channel. On one side lay the Scylla of lax control over professors which could involve the University in sticky financial conflicts or lure faculty from their teaching commitments; on the other rested the Charybdis of strictures rigid enough to drive away top-notch professors. Whether the council succeeded may not be evident for years, when the commitments that Harvard's faculty make in the next year or so begin to surface. And as Watson suggested, the University may never learn how many potential faculty its tough rules dissuade from coming here...