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The Academic Zodiac

It's time to abandon the career-services office for graduate students and consult an astrologer

By THOMAS H. BENTON

We all know that the most difficult part of academic life is the uncertainty. Depending on the field, the outcome of many years of study is often determined by the arbitrary whims of Fortuna more than by our own accomplishments...

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