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...with them. Thus, as Ec 10 would have taught me if I had ever decided to take it, this great demand must result in a very high cost. The marketplace would accomodate this demand by raising prices, for example, but Harvard has a far more exacting scheme: to wit, the comp...

Author: By David A. Shaywitz, | Title: A Process Beyond Comp-are | 5/1/1989 | See Source »

This is the semester's last Schoolyar Talk Tune in next semester for more sports wit and wisdom...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: This Bark Has a Great Deal of Bite | 4/27/1989 | See Source »

...Jason and Andy will have a terrific showing next year I'm sure," said Carolyn G. Kaufman '91, who was one of the judges at this year's tournament. "Like Nick and Pat, they're among a breed that can combine acute argument with wit...

Author: By Lindsay E. Moran, | Title: Harvard Debate Team Wins National Tourney | 4/19/1989 | See Source »

...Harvard hockey team this week, House Speaker George Keverian '53 (D-Everett)--one of the few Harvard educated lawmakers who did not attend a noontime luncheon for the team--made clear his feelings toward the game Keverian, who is noted as much for his enormous weight as his dry wit, said, "Hockey is a sport I never understood when I was young. We never had rinks. We just had ponds--and for some reason the other kids never let me on them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reporter's Notebook | 4/15/1989 | See Source »

...university presidents defend the system, but many of them feel it is not beyond repair. "All we have to do is find the wit and will to get it done," says University of Miami President Edward Foote. In recent months, coaches and school administrators have debated the NCAA's Proposition 42, a plan that would raise the eligibility standards for athletic scholarships. Both sides of the argument claimed to speak for the disadvantaged. Some who opposed higher standardized-test scores tried to limit debate by labeling as racist or elitist those who favored such a change. But the focus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: College Sport...Foul! | 4/3/1989 | See Source »

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