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...School Admissions Council, the organization that administers the LSAT, also prepares students' academic transcripts for evaluation by the admissions office, converting grade point averages to a standard four point scale. Straight A's from Harvard undergraduates are virtually unheard of, Geraghty notes. The average undergraduate GPA at the Law School is 3.5, but courses receive almost as much scrutiny as grades in the admissions process. Geraghty studies the transcripts to weed out the gut-seekers from the achievers, and she says she's familiar with the course offerings at 20 to 30 schools...
...more than 60 people were killed in an explosion at the central telephone and telecommunications center. Two callers to news agencies claimed responsibility for the latest action: the Arya group, a Paris-based collection of exiles who want to restore the Pahlavi monarchy, and a spokesman for the previously unheard-of Unit of Martyr Khalafi. No matter who was to blame for the blast, it was an indication that the five-year-old regime of the Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini still faces bitter opposition inside Iran...
Today Haiyan is one of China's fastest-growing garmentmakers, with a labor force of 630, assets of $817,000 and 1983 profits exceeding $242,000. The state-owned factory's success is the result of a new policy by the Chinese government that has given virtually unheard-of powers to managers in consumer-goods industries, including expanded rights to hire and fire, to lay down work rules and to award bonuses for good performance...
Federal bailouts of near bankrupt companies were all but unheard of prior to 1970. Since then there have been several examples of last-minute largesse from Uncle Sam. Among the most spectacular cases...
...third-fastest time ever, 9.97 sec. In the 200 he is the second-fastest man in history and gaining. He holds the long-jump record indoors. Among the ten best jumps outdoors, nine are his. And he is far from finished. "There are going to be some absolutely unheard of things coming from me," he says...