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...this does not also apply in the humanities, it seems that the "expertise" gained by humanities concentrators is lesser, somehow...

Author: By Jonathan F. Dresner, | Title: Letters | 10/20/1998 | See Source »

...least not about the impeachment process. Clinton will continue his Briefing Room presidency, ruling by Executive order. He'll focus on four big issues only: Social Security, war and peace, and to a lesser extent education and the patient bill of rights. He'll do very little campaigning during the next three weeks, certainly nothing like 1994. He may appear in a few Senate races, he'll still raise money, but barnstorming with Congressmen is out. "He's not a candidate," says an adviser. "The last thing we're going to do now is make him one." But that doesn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Down In History | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

...native Americans who first greeted Christopher Columbus to be all but erased from the face of the earth. For about a thousand years the peaceful people known as the Taino had thrived in modern-day Cuba, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and many other islands in the Lesser and Greater Antilles. But less than 30 years after Columbus' three ocean-crossing ships dropped anchor off the island of Hispaniola, the Taino would be destroyed by Spanish weaponry, forced labor and European diseases. Unlike their distant cousins, the Inca, Aztecs and Maya, the Taino left no pyramids or temples--no obvious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Archaeology: Before Columbus | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

...added that delegates discussed the development of an international rating system for colleges and universities. Foreign students feel comfortable attending Harvard because of its reputation but may be reluctant to attend lesser-known institutions...

Author: By Barbara E. Martinez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: First World Education Conference Convened | 10/15/1998 | See Source »

...spelling of names abound. Yet the rough and unfinished quality of the novel lends power to the ambiguity of its meanings. K. seems unjustly accused, yet his punishment may be appropriate. The court is presented in a negative light, yet compared to K. it sometimes seems to be the lesser of two evils as gross incompetence is contrasted with overplayed cockiness. The new interpretation finally presents Kafka's voice in an authentic way, showing how his style clearly lays out events before us while wildly obfuscating their meaning...

Author: By Roman Altshuler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kafka's 'Trial' Gets New Translation | 10/9/1998 | See Source »

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