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...mention. Waugh's probably never heard of Ernest Hemingway's theory of omission, which is basically that prose reads better when the obvious is left out. Hemingway would have choked on Waugh's cavalcade of superfluous adjectives, and on sentences like, "Failure can lead you into a dark abyss of gloom and depression." But then Hemingway couldn't play the cut shot like Waugh did. The original target was 100,000 words. But after a year writing in longhand at his dining-room table, Waugh emerged with a manuscript twice that size. Some would sooner take their chances with...
...resources and the pollution of air, water and soil. Hurricane Katrina is an example. The U.S., one of the major consumers of fossil fuels, needs to lead the world in reducing global pollution by implementing the use of clean forms of energy. We are at the edge of the abyss. Let's step back before it is too late. Franklin Milman Tel Aviv...
...resources and the pollution of air, water and soil. Hurricane Katrina is an example. The U.S., one of the major consumers of fossil fuels, needs to lead the world in reducing global pollution by implementing the use of clean forms of energy. We are at the edge of the abyss. Let's step back before it is too late. Franklin Milman Tel Aviv...
Whether the country plunges into the abyss depends on how Assad handles the pressure on his government, both inside and outside the country's borders. Since coming to power, Assad, 40, has sought to cast himself as a reformer by allowing a degree of political openness and putting economic policy in the hands of free-market technocrats. "The President wants an open, prosperous, stable Syria that is fully integrated in the global economy," says Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Dardari. But observers of the regime say Assad has been unable--or unwilling--to curb the excesses of the country's security...
...wouldn’t be especially difficult to find a way to dodge the aforementioned fiery abyss, either. Where the Review has decided that there should be fewer required areas in our Ged Ed—three according to the working “Gang of Five” report, only two required, for a total of six or four half-courses, depending on the courses—it wouldn’t be unreasonable to cut the required number of Core courses for each undergrad to five. The College could encourage professors to devise pilot courses now, with...