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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Could distance learning ever replace traditional classroom education? You don't have to wait for the next century to answer this; you have to wait only until the fall. Western Governors University, a completely virtual college based in both Salt Lake City, Utah, and Denver, will be offering its first courses. Started by Governors from 18 Western states and encompassing the state universities in those areas, W.G.U. will initially offer continuing-education courses and associate degrees, says Jeff Edwards, marketing director for the school. There will be a con- centration on information technology courses, although at press time the catalog...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Report: Brushing Up | 7/20/1998 | See Source »

...life is made of: pain, pleasure, beauty, anger and, most of all, uncertainty. Consider some of these lyrics: "They're all laughing at your clothes/standing in the lunch line," and then "Face down in a stranger's tomb/didn't know you were dying/and you rise and you fall/and you wait for the call...

Author: By Marcelline Block, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: One Hit Wonders? | 7/17/1998 | See Source »

...album with some songs that manage to stand out. Generally, the songs sound very similar and are each tinged with bitterness in their own way. Candy from a Stranger is recommended, but do not expect much more than the occasional show of true emotion. We will still have to wait and see if Soul Asylum can move past its one-hit status, and Candy from a Stranger is certainly a step in the right direction away from that stigma, without erasing...

Author: By Marcelline Block, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: One Hit Wonders? | 7/17/1998 | See Source »

...harms viewers," Evans said of his scheduling switch. Said Rob Burnett, executive producer of the "Late Show": "I think this is the type of fellow who is used to getting the best table at a restaurant at a moment's notice while the rest of us have to wait in line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letterman Banished From Seven Cities | 7/15/1998 | See Source »

...Pitchers who appear to try to hypnotize the batter into striking out and who cannot get the ball over the plate, thus encouraging batters to wait for a walk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Midnight Baseball | 7/13/1998 | See Source »

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