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...humanities and social sciences, for example, many large lecture classes still use midterms and finals as their basic requirements. Some toss in an undefined term-paper at the end. The Core office mandates its professors give, at minimum, a midterm and a final. This inertia continues despite what education scholars have long recommended: The most effective teaching and learning occurs through constant writing and revision...
...trace into the chaotic, inflationary maw the economy has become -- if not into foreign bank accounts in a vast capital flight reaching between $10 billion and $30 billion a year. The Russian economy "is like a large and deep pool of mud," says a senior British diplomat. "You can toss in anything you like, and it just sinks to the bottom...
Moreover, once a Telescript message gets where it was sent, it can actually do things. Incoming Telescript messages might be programmed to display information about who mailed them, what they are about and how long they are, helping busy executives decide which ones to read and which to toss. An outgoing message might be programmed to alert the sender if after two days it still has not been read...
...softball tournament, beer flowing everywhere, nude waterslides, and the Iliad toss-everyone taking Freshman English goes to the top of their dorm and throws out their copy of the Iliad," says Andrew M. West, a Reed College sophomore...
...EUGENE O'Neill occupies the American stage the way your grandparents' sofa might dominate your living room. The thing is dark, overstuffed, too big and too long. Its style affronts modern taste; it has an odor that lingers somewhere between musty and musk. Yet you're afraid to toss the thing out because you've been told it's a valuable antique. And some people do say they feel comfortable sitting...