Word: various
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...Citing various difficulties which immigrants face in their efforts to learn English, including a shortage of accessible English as a Second Language (ESL) classes, Narasaki said, "These proposals are particularly confusing when you consider the [two-year backlog] for federal ESL courses...
...meet some new people at today's QRR exam. Already passed it? Hell, do it again! Commiserate with fellow test takers over the agonizing task of calculating standard deviation. And if you fail don't worry; you'll just get another great opportunity to mingle again later. 8 p.m., various places depending on your last name, 5-2770. FREE (upon presentation of picture...
...truths of human nature are so various and astounding that I don't have to do any inventing," Mamet said, referring to the inspiration behind his screenplays. "Thank God, because I'm a lazy son-of-a-bitch...
...closed two years ago. According to Eliot concierge Michael Kauer, the hotel was robbed many years ago. The robbers entered into the hotel and held up the manager on duty. After forcing him to hand over the contents of the hotel's vault, they proceeded to infiltrate various guests' rooms. Later that evening, when a 70-year-old female resident returned to the lobby, she was shocked to find the hotel manager-naked, bound and gagged. At first, she thought that the manager was involved in a bizarre sexual advance so she did not aid the manager. Instead, she called...
...topic of regionalism, for example, is outside the mainstream of Harvard concerns, and no doubt should be. Still, at a time when various forms of regionalism--both supra-national and sub-national--are commanding increasing attention around the world, it is surprising how convinced Americans remain that our Civil War settled the question of regionalism once and for all. To me, as to many westerners, a course on challenges to American national identity would naturally include some discussion of place-based or regional challenges, but this is clearly not what brings most students to the course. Racial and ethnic strains...