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...Upon discovering the mistake, Tarrant submitted a request to change grades to the Registrar’s Office and also e-mailed each of the affected students...
PARIS—If exclusivity describes the obstacles posed to those seeking access, then the library of the Institut de France is one of the most exclusive spaces in the world, and Harvard allows its students to practice one of the most exclusive forms of tourism in existence. Upon entering the Institut for the first time, I peered at the hall of assembly, where 40 “immortal” members meet to give speeches in praise of one another and to do whatever it is that such a large group of aged but exceedingly learned men and women...
...yourself this question: In the offices of the future, which skill set will today's kids draw upon in their day-to-day tasks? Mastering interfaces, searching for information, maintaining virtual social networks and multitasking? Or doing algebra? I think the answer is obvious. It's a good bet that 99% of kids will never use algebra again after they graduate from high school. And yet thanks to the testing establishment, we know a staggering amount about the algebraic skills of today's teenagers but next to nothing about the skills they're actually going...
...just have to take my word, children, that once upon a time a movie company could set moral and behavioral standards - just as you'll have to believe there was a time when anybody could become a hot property by playing it warm-to-tepid, and could achieve prominence in the Hollywood cosmology inhabiting roles of sweetheart, wife and mom - when "nice" could be taken for star quality...
Reconciling his belief with his service to genetics proved easier for him than for many of his colleagues. Upon discovering the fibrosis flaw, he remembers feeling that "God had rained down his blessing." But in a profession only 8% of whose lite admit to believing in a God who answers prayer, he found that God talk could be something of a taboo. "Bring up faith and there's always a little sense of, Didn't you get the memo?" At least once a month he receives an e-mail from some lonely post-doc asking advice on being...