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According to our ever-diligent administration, the reasoning behind the change is twofold. The elimination of the Harvard application should reduce the time spent by high school seniors filling out college applications, according to Director of Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis '70. And William R. Fitzsimmons '67, dean of admissions and financial aid, believes that the common application will attract a broader and more diverse candidate pool. "We are levelling the playing field," he declares...
...test Clinton's stomach for sending Americans in harm's way. Invading Haiti, which could be a relatively swift affair if properly executed, could demonstrate Clinton's ability to use force for a good cause, and help assure that the thousands of Haitians eager for freedom stay put -- a twofold accomplishment...
...scene is London's gay underground of "rent boys" (child prostitutes), their patrons and pimps. How can one approach this theme without being either sensational or homophobic? The strategy chosen by Lynda La Plante, who also wrote the first Prime Suspect and sketched the story for the second, is twofold: make most of the suspects sympathetic and most of the sleuths complete professionals...
Essentially my criticism is twofold: first, the publishers of the CUE Guide are not providing us with all of the information they receive; and second, they are not getting enough information because some professors and departments refuse to be evaluated...
Howe's reason for painting representationally is twofold: first, he depicts his environment for pure convenience--a scene he sees out his window in the Leverett towers is readily accessible. Also, when he describes his cityscape, "Church Street Backyards," he points out the almost tangible but still airy atmosphere between the houses in the paintings: "It feels really good, to feel illusionality. It's one of the most beautiful things about the creative process. That's less true about abstraction--like Picasso, I need a subject...