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...might ask ourselves if we, too, are guilty of making the hasty and vulgar variety of generalizations that are the pundits' bread and butter. Are we sometimes so eager, for example, to complete an essay as quickly as possible that we engage in merely superficial analysis? We appreciate insights, for sure, but do we always care to devote our own time and efforts to develop them on our own, especially when hurried, overly broad generalities will suffice...

Author: By Adam R. Kovacevich, | Title: No Easy Answers | 5/3/1999 | See Source »

Exhibit number seven: Harvard legends. Peeing on John Harvard, sex in Widener and butter in the Union. What impact, if any, do they have on our day-to-day lives? To hear the Crimson Key Society tell it, you'd think that Harvard undergraduates spend their days debating the Three Lies like Talmud scholars. "But if the Three Lies were committed in haste, ignorance and laxity, then there were actually nine lies committed by the banks of the Charles River, when our forefathers were led out of captivity...What do you think, Todd...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Imagining the Past | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

Commercialism in classrooms has become so rampant that last week a California education committee voted to restrict the use of brand names in taxpayer-funded textbooks. Parents were upset about a McGraw-Hill math textbook that is filled with references to products like Volkswagen automobiles, Jif peanut butter and Beanie Babies. McGraw-Hill representatives point out that the company receives no compensation for mentioning the products, which are used simply to get kids' attention. "The practice of using real-life examples is a technique that's been around for 12 to 15 years," says Roger Rogalin, president of the publishing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Classrooms for Sale | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

...elections should focus on the economy and taxes, Barbour said, because these issues are often the bread and butter of campaign politics...

Author: By Vasant M. Kamath, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Former GOP, Democratic Chairs Lock Horns in IOP Debate | 4/16/1999 | See Source »

...topping kings of Harvard Square, Herrell's offers orange hot fudge, hot butter rum sauce, the legendary candy "smoosh ins" and for the intrepid, Jalapeno flavored ice cream. Located in a former Dunster Street bank, the jewel of this establishment is no doubt the converted walk-in vault which is now a mirrored faux-underwater fantasy room. For health nuts, FM's pick: fat free, no sugar hot fudge...

Author: By A.b. Osceola, | Title: The Great Ice Cream Debate | 4/15/1999 | See Source »

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