Word: unless
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...justified distrust and anger. If the Economics Department would have changed the criteria only for incoming sophomores and even juniors, who have four semesters left to change their class make-up, the decision would not be the subject of such ire. The decision to include seniors, however, is indefensible, unless the Economics Department is simply admitting that their honors are simply arbitrary since they have no time to react to changing requirements...
Naturally, the arrival of the President's daughter at college was a more newsworthy event than yours was, unless you were accompained by an entourage of 200 people, but the core of her experience has been and will be the same as that of thousands of other college freshmen. Chelsea spent the last few weeks vacationing before packing up the part of her life that would fit into brown boxes. The fact that she flew to California in Air Force One simply makes her arrival unusual, but like many of the other 1,649 first-years who arrived at Stanford...
...been trying to explain to people why we need women and minorities on the U.C.," Rawlins said. "I can try my best to represent people but I cannot guarantee that it will be authentic unless it comes from them...
Jiang would not be willing to undertake such a risky change unless he felt secure in his own position. Now in his eighth year as Communist Party chief, he has been regularly dismissed as a political lightweight. But at this point, says Wang Shan, "there is really no one in the top leadership who can seriously challenge him." Premier Li Peng is no longer considered a threat; he will soon be rotated out of his government job, though he will remain No. 2 in the party. Everyone expects his replacement to be Zhu Rongji, the Vice Premier and respected economic...
...There is plenty of time to get schoolwork and reading done," says Peter S. Manasantivongs '98, who began working at the lab last fall. "Unless a VCR or a computer breaks down, you can usually get much work done...