Word: chaff
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Fondest memory: [The good moments were] so few and far between. It takes a long time to sift through the chaff...
...Some talk shows have gone Hollywood," Stanton said. "There's not much respect for hard-nosed journalism. I think the public is getting what it deserves. If they go for the chaff, they'll have to wait for it to work itself...
Once the political chaff is dusted away, the mini-debate over Bosnia is instructive. Both Bush and Clinton were saying the same thing. What Marlin Fitzwater called "reckless" -- Clinton's suggestion that the U.S. seek U.N. authorization for selective bombing to safeguard the relief of Sarajevo -- virtually repeated the prescriptions of Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney. Clinton barely overstepped the cautious line the Bush Administration has been following...
...Prerequisite Precluders. Equally bad are the introductory departmental courses: Chem 10, Math 1b, Physics 11, Anthro 10, English 10. Every bit as big and impersonal as monster cores, these first-year ghettos are designed to separate the concentrator wheat from the dilettante chaff. Especially depressing is the perverse encouragement that Harvard advisers give their impressionable charges: "Take introductory courses!" they say, concealing their ignorance of Gov 10's mediocrity. "Fulfill your requirement and get a bird's-eye view of the subject! Get a feel for what the department is like...
...also quoted Adlai Stevenson and said they separated the wheat from the chaff and left in the chaff...