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The reason for going pro is simple--money, as much as possible. That's why Worthy waited until after Sampson announced to make his own decision. He knew that he would be worth more in a draft that didn't include Sampson, so when Sampson stayed, Worthy went.
James Worthy was the last of the big stars to make the jump, joining Terry Cummings, Dominique Wilkins, Clark Kellogg. Quentin Dailey & Co. The only top returning next year will be Ralph Sampson, and he would have gone too it the Los Angeles Lakers had been able to put together...
Ultimately, measures like these will go a long way towards eliminating grading inequities we all know exist within departments, and between departments as well. But more importantly, reducing the number of section-leaders who sleep on the job will improve undergraduates' writing skills--as worthy an educational goal as Harvard...
"Getting at the root causes," admirable though such a goal may be, does not make the streets safer today or tomorrow, and because crime rates so highly among American concerns, it is the responsibility of public servants to address the issue--now. Of course short-term solutions will not succeed...
It is a shame that Emerson had to harden into a monument, into mere required reading, or worse, the man superseded by Kurt Vonnegut on the course lists. Too many generations came to regard him as a chill, gnomic bore, the best of American aphorists, no doubt, but also the...