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Under the current Core, a non-departmental designation indicates that the Core office, rather than a department, may administer the course and (with rare exception) that the material is accessible to all students, regardless of their prior background. But to the experienced student, it usually also implies an easy course on an obscure topic with questionable lectures and quasi-competent teaching fellows...
...times in high gear, but at other times in a slightly disjointed crawl. Harvard’s shining moment came as it matched and briefly exceeded the Terriers’ pace, with a goal in the 60th minute. Senior back Audrey Ziomek streaked down the field capitalizing on a rare, but clearly much relished offensive opportunity. “[Ziomek] flipped a reverse slice pass to [freshman middle] Annie Calvert,” Caples said. “It was a beautiful example of finishing plays.” Calvert’s goal was the first in her collegiate...
...Coming in 47th out of 50 states, the state that puts “The Spirit of America” on its license plates had a 24 percent college volunteering rate, 6.5 percent below the national average and better than only New York, Nevada, and Georgia—a rare political outlier...
...authors favor the all-or-nothing approach used by organizations like Alcoholics Anonymous because of its simplicity. The alcoholic who can learn to drink socially, or the chain-smoker who can puff occasionally, is a rare bird. Dieters can't entirely give up food, of course, but they can draw an uncompromising line when it comes to sugar...
...sitting room of his official residence last Wednesday, Vice President Dick Cheney sat down with TIME's Mike Allen and James Carney for a rare print interview. Excerpts...