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...said Charbonneau.Where the current concentration serves to prepare students for graduate school, the new requirements—while allowing for an exposure to astrophysics—will have to be supplemented with additional courses to allow viable bids for graduate school admission. Senior theses, often an important springboard for graduate school applications, will no longer be required. “We have an obligation to train students who are interested in a solid experience in the natural science, but don’t necessarily want to go to graduate school and become research scientists,” said James...
...know how long the pornstar who breaks up a marriage gets to stay in the picture. I’m not sure it will be a happily ever after.”Nonetheless, her major role in “Californication” will probably be a springboard for her acting career. She has an upcoming role in Aptow’s “I Love You Man,” though she says going forward, “What I really honestly want is just to be working steadily... I would love to just be on a great...
...taking on debt in Asia since 1998. There is less vulnerability to a downturn in economic activity." As interest rates around the region fall, Asian companies will begin to seek loans and invest, jumpstarting regional growth. "In that sense, the region is in actually quite a good position to springboard back into recovery" ahead of the U.S. or Europe, Walker says...
...disadvantage, we’re going to get through it,” she said. More of a factor will be Harvard’s response to the loss that opened conference play on a low note. All signs point to the team using that loss as a springboard for a trying upcoming stretch, which includes the next four games on the road.“We’ve kind of become revitalized, and we’re remembering how much that Dartmouth game stung,” Finelli said. “That’s giving...
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