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...masterfully-drawn character, Ciullo prefers discussing Ezra Pound, American fiction, and Theron's chances of winning tenure of the necessary task of forcefully obtaining the young academic' cooperation...
Since February, however, the dollar has fallen from its dizzying heights. It has dropped about 4% against the Japanese yen, 11% against the West German mark and 24% against the British pound. This trend will help American companies compete with foreign goods, and may eventually bring down the trade deficit...
Even the most cursory look around the shuttle bus or cafeteria will show why many people don't play sports here. An athletic injury put me out of Harvard students were put out of sports from birth. Although they would probably like to get involved, the 125 pound tackle being ground in to his seat,or the 255 pound coxswain over at the salad bar wallowing in cheese will never be in great demand on any field or river...
...more than $2million program, which officials say is at the forefront of computerization of legal studies, was officially launched yesterday by Law School and Digital Equipment Corporation officials in a press conference at Pound Hall...
...stupidity: the hapless creatures died out because their bodies continued to grow bigger while their brains remained small. Indeed, cranium measurements seem to indicate that at least some species were not terribly cerebral: one type of brontosaurus, for example, weighed about 30 tons, and probably had only a half-pound brain. If the dinosaurs did indeed become progressively less intelligent, the theory goes, they would have lost the ability to adapt to changes in the environment...