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Athletics are just another extracurricular. The officials argue that athletes are treated the same in the admissions process as "French horn players" and those "likely to edit The Crimson." Then why does the admission office have an "athletic rating" separate from the "extracurricular rating"? Why do athletes score significantly lower in every other area of comparison? Although the officials are correct in pointing out that athletes' disproportionate admission rate alone does not prove that they receive preferential treatment, these figures...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Admissions for Fun and Profit: Why Byerly Hall Won't Tell All | 11/27/1990 | See Source »

...notices--placed in all of the school's student mailboxes--allege that The Harvard Law Record has permitted Steven Donziger, a third-year law student and campus activist, to inappropriately write and edit articles. Donziger has been extensively involved in efforts to reform Harvard's public interest curriculum...

Author: By Jonathan M. Berlin, | Title: Flyers Allege Ethical Violations | 11/1/1990 | See Source »

...audience? Some 12 million U.S. customers are expected to buy VCRs at an average price of $300 this year. Dunlap believes that at least 750,000 buyers will choose his machine in the next year or two. Camcorder buffs, he points out, can use the VCR-2 to edit their home movies. Among other applications: recording two programs at the same time, copying favorite tapes and recording a program while watching a tape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Double Vision In the Den | 8/6/1990 | See Source »

...notes and write the preliminary drafts of the opinions. The custom of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, recalls University of Michigan law professor Kent Syverud, is to give her clerks "a firm outline" of her opinion, then take the clerks' ensuing draft -- together with all the relevant research -- and "edit the hell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Putting A Thumbprint on History | 8/6/1990 | See Source »

...statement was ready. But the Democrats were suspicious that Bush and aides might delay or re-edit it. Though Foley later denied it, White House officials said the Democrats insisted it be issued then and there, before they left the White House. Bush summoned press secretary Marlin Fitzwater, who handed the statement to an aide, who typed "The White House" at its head and posted it on the wall of the pressroom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush: Eating His Words | 7/9/1990 | See Source »

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