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...This, son, makes for interesting (if effortless) reading, and this is what gets A's. Underline them, capitalize them, insert them in the top, "Illustrate;" "Be specific;" etc.? They mean it. The illustrations, of course, need not be singularly relevant; but they must be there. If Vague Generalities are anathema, sparkling chips of concrete scattered throughout your bluebook will have you up for sainthood. Or at least Dean's List. Name at least the titles of every other book Hume wrote; don't just say Medieval cathedrals, name nine. Think up a few specific examples of "contemporary decadence," like Natalie...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: BEATING THE SYSTEM | 5/17/2000 | See Source »

...that, to Greenspan, is anathema. "The latest thinking," says Kadlec, "is that he'll bump interest rates 50 basis points, as opposed to the usual 25, and that he'll continue to raise rates for the foreseeable future. Come late May, when these rate hikes seem inevitable, the Dow will inevitably buckle, and I think the NASDAQ will follow." Kadlec also warns of a false sense of security. "People are kidding themselves if they think this market has become safe again," he says. "The market has stabilized in the past two weeks and people have very quickly become complacent again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Alan Greenspan, Labor Costs Are Key | 4/28/2000 | See Source »

Though immediate action towards Taiwanese independence seems unlikely, the mere prospect of such an occurrence is anathema for the mainland government. Ostensibly, Chinese communists appeal to a sense of nationalism as justification for these threats, which are becoming more or less a challenge to their brethren on Taiwan to surrender or be destroyed. Among the warnings was a statement of conditions for which Taiwan can expect retaliation amounting to annihilation. This list includes proclamation of independence, foreign intervention and, more ominously, protracted delays in progress toward reunification with the mainland...

Author: By Tzu-huan Lo, | Title: A Changing Tide for Taiwan | 3/24/2000 | See Source »

...dreams of a couplet. Says Weinstein: "It's a genius movie. Could it be streamlined? Yeah, and it could be more accessible as a result of cutting. But Miyazaki is like Kurosawa or Sergio Leone--one of the greats of international cinema. The very idea of cutting is anathema to a director of this importance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amazing Anime | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

Finally, 64% of stockholders rely on advisers to tell them when to hold and when to fold--anathema to the do-it-yourself mind-set that in recent years has made online investing hotter than Martha Stewart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cup's Half Full | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

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