Word: instead
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...knowledge, intellectual skills, and habits of thought that are the hallmarks of educated men and women." But Harvard claims the Core does not require "digestion of a specific quantum of information," presumably because any specific factual knowledge will soon become obsolete in the age of the information explosion. Instead, the Core attempts to teach the "forms of inquiry" and "approaches to knowledge"--essentially, ways of thinking--associated with each of the Core fields, irrespective of factual content. It ends up doing neither...
...restaurants. And cultlike earnestness: the mushed-up, meatless food might be good for you, but it was surely no fun to eat. Now all that is changing dramatically, as more and more upscale restaurants across the U.S. turn to fare based on products grown by traditional, chemical-free methods. Instead of the omnipresent tofu of yore, they are offering elegant, sophisticated -- and often pricey -- dishes. Some chefs have gone organic for health reasons, others because they believe natural produce is tastier and fresher. Not least of all, the trend reflects consumers' increasing concern with food safety and health, especially...
...study clearly demonstrates that students have a part in increasing their access to the faculty. But instead of patting themselves on the back as Light would seem to suggest, faculty members should recognize their own potential role in eliminating this problem. First, the Faculty should fix the Core. Huge, impersonal and unavoidable Core classes are still the best preventive for student-faculty contact. Broaden the Core, allow substitutions or eliminate it. Just do something...
...Brian H. Mazurski said that "people are really barking up the wrong tree" by putting pressure on ROTC. Instead, activists should go to Congress and have them "change the laws governing who can come into the service," he said...
...Instead of meeting the challenge of crew, my classmates busily build their resumes. They live for their dear student publications, involve themselves in the pretense of Harvard student government, organize themselves in self-billed nerd organizations, pass countless hours gorging their minds in Cabot Library and participate in other nice and pleasant self-improvement activities...