Word: bits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Then he went to Princeton's famed Institute for Advanced Study, where he engaged in pure research, which was followed by a "bit of a shock": a teaching appointment at Cleveland State, where he taught a large Western civilization classes...
...actually a bit of a power-trip, to get to tell students what the low-down is in the 13th century," he says. "Although it was a shock, it was a good experience. I think my first lectures were a little rough, but the students were very tolerant...
...only get paid a little bit. None of us could possibly be doing it for the money," said Paul F. Walker, a judge at the Peabody School...
...Twelve to eight is a great start, but it's still limited, in terms of meeting times for student groups and in the morning if you want to get breakfast [in another house]," said Elizabeth A. Haynes '98. "It would be nice to see the hours open up a bit more, from nine until...
...makes Dreams, which belabors the smugness and provincialism of Danish society from feudal times to the present, seem far longer than it is. There are passages, not murky but mightily centrifugal, in which the reader's eyes slide off the page. And in something like equal number, or a bit more, there are set pieces, two or three or several dozen pages long, that are among the funniest satirical sketches seen in years...