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...right, of course, about the third alternative, and a very sensible one it is—working out some system of fooling the grader, although I think I should prefer the word “impressing.” We admit to being impressionable, but not to being hypercredulous simps. His first two tactics for system-beating, his Vague Generalities and Artful Equivocation, seem to presume the latter, and are only going to convince Crimson-reading graders (there are a few and we tell our friends) that the time has come to tighten the screws just a bit more...
...second most important reason that women don’t get to the top when he leads an institution that is 50 percent women students – that’s profoundly disturbing to me,” Hopkins said. “He shouldn’t admit women to Harvard if he’s going to announce when they come that, hey, we don’t feel that you can make...
Schafer was loathe to criticize the referees after Saturday’s game, though he did admit that it was “real tough to get things going with all the penalties...
...buddy. I love you, but you're not very candid so far." Biden vowed a withering cross-examination in his second round-and then disappeared for the day. Senator Charles Schumer spent his time nattering on about Senate filibuster rules. But Senator Patrick Leahy did induce Gonzales to admit that, as White House counsel, he had consulted with the Justice Department's office of legal counsel about the torture memo. There were meetings in his White House office. Techniques like waterboarding-in which a detainee is strapped down and made to believe he may be drowned-may have been discussed...
...many other schools with J-Terms of their own. Williams College, for example, has decided to change to a graded J-term because their faculty feared students were not taking the pass/fail J-term seriously. And although some of the opportunities being discussed do sound appealing, we must admit that with term-time requirements what they are, students will likely view J-Term as an extension of winter break—rather than an addition to the academic year—and treat it accordingly...