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...hottest debate on low pass rates is going on now in New Jersey. Nearly 53% of the 1,491 people who took that state's test last July struck out; five years earlier, a mere 17% failed. Yet today's students are no dolts. Says Paul Tractenberg, a Rutgers law professor: "For the most part, they are as diligent and in some ways more driven now than earlier." One cause of the high fail rate is a 1976 decision to alter the grading. Before, any student who answered 140 of the multiple-choice questions correctly passed automatically...
...varsity meet, Princeton runners Graig Masback and L. Tractenberg tied for first place, completing the 4.46 mile race with an impressive 22:04.6 clocking. Third place was given to Princeton's T. Harshorne although he finished only a half step ahead of Harvard's freshman sensation Peter Fitzsimmons (22:08). Fitzsimmons turned in yet another of his standout performances...
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