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Poor ice conditions would not be enough to prevent the Crimson from defeating the hapless Bulldogs (3-17-2, 2-17-1) for the second time this season, although by a far lesser margin than last time...
...lounge and one part Starship Enterprise. In front of a long desk where Beat holds court is a large half dome with flashing neon lights. Behind him in cylindrical pods are a contorted mannequin's torso, several fake strands of DNA and blinking white Christmas tree lights. Flanked by lesser television personalities and second-tier celebrities, Beat Takeshi presides on TV Tackle as the highest of Japanese pop culture royalty, an imperious entertainer whose every twitch and tick and grunt and sniffle elicit commentary and kudos. The show is standard Japanese chat show fodder: ribald commentary on issues of societal...
Most interdisciplinary research takes place in nondepartmental programs such as Social Studies, Literature, History and Literature and Women's Studies. And faculty in these fields say joint appointments often entail greater workloads and a lesser chance of promotion...
...while removing the current system's arbitrary obstacles. A requirement in quantitative reasoning could be met by any course in the mathematics or statistics departments; a requirement in foreign cultures could be met by any upper-level language course. No student would feel compelled to take a course of lesser depth, breadth or rigor simply to meet a graduation requirement. Some cross-listings as well as an open, predictable petition process would still be required to account for the courses whose methods of inquiry differ from that generally practiced in their department--a political economy course in the Government department...
...President, is that even the one and only superpower needs allies. And it will find them most reliably where they have always been: in Europe. But corralling them requires the old techniques: listening, bargaining, give-and-take. Of course, No. 1 can always ignore the yapping of the lesser nations and go it alone. But history offers a nasty warning. Throw your weight around, and the others will coalesce into a counterweight. This is what they used to call balance-of-power politics, a fancy word for ganging...