Word: actualizations
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...Frey's second line of defense is a little more formidable. As he put it on Larry King, "the emotional truth is there." In other words, whatever the nitty-gritty bookkeepers turn up, his story has an empathic force, a psychological power, that makes the actual factual status of his writing kind of moot, and renders trivial the question of where it should be shelved in the bookstore...
...third answer to this perplexing problem by the use of the vague generality, the artful equivocation and the overpowering assumption.It seems pretty obvious that in any discussion of the various methods whereby the crafty student attempts to show the grader that he knows a lot more than he actually does, the vague generality is the key device. A generality is a vague statement that means nothing by itself, but when placed in an essay on a specific subject very well might mean something to the grader. The true master of a generality is the man who can write...
...office hours—that lines would overflow into the halls. At Harvard, however, a common complaint is that students often feel too intimidated to visit professor’s office hours considering how far behind they are in the reading or how little knowledge they have of the actual course. So, do a little reading! Or, go talk to your professor about something other than the course itself. A professor sitting alone in their office would probably welcome a friendly face and some light conversation. And, if you happen to find one professor who doesn?...
...Americans have shown themselves willing to trade some privacy for safety and security. But what if the actual choice is a bit different? What if winning the War on Terror is hurting us in the War on Terrorism? And how, as the questioner asked, do we know when we have won? ?I don't envision a signing ceremony on the USS Missouri.? You could say that every day that goes by without another attack is V.T. day in the War on Terror. But unlike in past wars, that does not mean that the threat has passed, that emergency powers...
These days, the timer makes the actual bell move, which causes the clapper inside to swing as well. A metal piece on the chain holding the bell kicks the bell back in the other direction at exactly the right time. The chimes will usually last longer than the timer is set for, because the heavy bell takes some time to stop moving...