Word: arene
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...think it is due to the reporter's bias that Babbitt is not a serious candidate. Obviously, his chances really aren't that good, but the story treats Babbitt as if he's not even in the race at all, as if the only thing interesting that Babbitt has to say is his speculation about the other candidates. The story was not responsible. I also read the Boston Globe's story on the Babbitt interview, and it was as if the Globe reporter had attended a different event. Somehow, the Globe reporter was able to write a whole story...
...From what I've seen, student expenditures aren't that great, and this just isn't going to help the community Lawrence needs taxes, not a school," Brooks said...
Second of all, Harvard captains--or. at least most of them--aren't the rah-rah types. They don't tend to give speeches, chew guys (or gals) out or spit in their teammates' faces to get them riled...
...pretty smart, aren...
...third suggestion, the Overpowering Assumption, I think, is best. But not for the reasons he suggests--that the assumption is so cosmic that it might be accepted. It is rarely "accepted;" we aren't here to accept or reject, we're here to be amused. The more dazzling, personal, unorthodox, paradoxic your assumptions (paradoxes are not equivocations), the more interesting an essay it is likely to be. (If you have a chance to confer with the assistant in advance, of course--and we all like to be called "assistants," not "graders"--you may be able to ferret...