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...Department of Education found comments on the folders of admitted athletes such as "A shaky record and so-so scores don't bode well for [the applicant's] case.... He'd make a fine addition to the team if the coaches go all out for him, but that's what it would take." Do appeals from debate-team advisors and Phillips Brooks House officers hold similar sway...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Admissions for Fun and Profit: Why Byerly Hall Won't Tell All | 11/27/1990 | See Source »

...shaky record and so-so scores don't bode well for [the applicant's] chances...Nice personal qualities, and he'd make a fine addition to the team if the coaches go all out for him, but that's what it would take...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Shaky Record, So-So Scores' | 11/7/1990 | See Source »

...shaky record and so-so scores don't bode well for [the applicant's] case,...nice personal qualities, and he'd make a fine addition to the team if the coaches go all out for him, but that's what it would take...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Excerpts From Federal Report on Harvard Admissions | 11/2/1990 | See Source »

...script, by New York playwrights and musicians, is not brilliant, but more than entertaining. Lyrics such as "Together we're better than so-so/Each of us is a virtuoso" will not likely be mistaken for Cole Porter. But the writing is slick and witty enough to slide even the silliest rhyme right past us. The music plays lightly with American music genres--pop, honky-tonk, blues--but stays mostly within the Broadway tradition. It's not memorable, but it is tuneful...

Author: By Elijah T. Siegler, | Title: Ex Show Safe but Satisfying | 11/2/1990 | See Source »

When I got back to campus, someone asked me how my exam had gone. "My exam?" I said. "Oh, not bad. So-so. Uneventful. Boring...

Author: By Daniel B. Baer, | Title: Reading During the Revolutions | 1/19/1990 | See Source »

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