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...tournament MVP Jeff Johnson, a graduate student in English who averaged seven "tossups" per game (each game consists of 20 toss-ups), Harvard averaged double its opponent's score...

Author: By Daniel S. Cohan, | Title: Harvard Team Wins College Bowl | 4/11/1995 | See Source »

...Crimson's headline writers are mainly reporters and editors who toss out a headline or tow on the side, usually no more than once a week and often less...

Author: By Tara H. Arden-smith, | Title: Reader Representative | 4/7/1995 | See Source »

CECIL JACKSON Elephant trainer to toss out opening pitch for Cincinnati Reds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winners & Losers: Apr. 3, 1995 | 4/3/1995 | See Source »

Last week's dustup over the personal finance column James J. Cramer writes for SmartMoney magazine is one of those "scandals" only a journalist could love: incredibly easy to toss off allegations of "conflict of interest" yet incredibly difficult to define concretely what, exactly, the conflict is. At the heart of it, though, lies the ludicrous notion that only journalists are pure enough to offer financial advice untainted by "conflict." Woe unto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A FATUOUS FUROR | 3/6/1995 | See Source »

...Clinton Administration seems to be asking for trouble with its handling of a New Jersey case that involves a 1989 faculty layoff at Piscataway High School. The choice came down to two equally qualified teachers who had equal seniority. Ordinarily, that would have meant a coin toss to decide the loser. Instead the school board dismissed one of them, Sharon Taxman, who is white, arguing that keeping the other, who is black, was essential to diversity--not so much on the staff as a whole, which was 10% black, but just among the business teachers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A NEW PUSH FOR BLIND JUSTICE | 2/20/1995 | See Source »

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