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The staff's proposal doesn't correct that situation, and it creates a further problem. While many people view reading period to be too long and superfluous, chopping off a day will cause more harm than good. We all know that professors won't be dissuaded from unnecessarily cramming in...

Author: By Peter F. Wallace, | Title: Keep Status Quo | 4/19/1996 | See Source »

Finally, I feel the need to emphasize that I'm by no means against those relentless and tireless human rights activists. The Tiananmen demonstrations were an extreme act to vent people's frustration and has indeed rung the alarm. But remember, the People's Republic of China, as a newly...

Author: By Xiaomeng Tong, | Title: In China, Freedom Is a Luxury | 2/13/1996 | See Source »

The only way out of this conundrum is the implementation of a flat tax that would not produce a budget deficit. Yet such a flat tax would require a rate of around 25 percent. Once the various deductions currently allowed are taken into account, such a flat tax would result...

Author: By Bradley L. Whitman, | Title: The New Voodoo | 2/6/1996 | See Source »

"It's basically a trade-off between governance and representation," Shepsle adds. "It [PR] accurately reflects the complexity of the city, but governance may be difficult since there are a variety of opinions and points of view.

Author: By Aby. Fung, | Title: Tallying the Votes in a Cambridge City Election Is No Small Task | 11/7/1995 | See Source »

We would like to believe that neither ETS nor the College Board would let its educational scruples become hostage to concerns about the bottom line. And yet this recent test repetition incident makes it apparent that here, just as in another business, there is a trade-off between quality and...

Author: By Dan S. Aibel, | Title: Testing Irresponsibility | 11/4/1995 | See Source »

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