Word: checker
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...weeks into the internship, I noticed an annoucement in the business section of the New York Times asking students to send in stories from their summer jobs. Knowing that my job would make an interesting anecdote, I wrote a short account of my experiences as a fact-checker, concluding with the thought that while fact-checking may seem like an exercise in meaninglessness, nothing could be more critical to the production and success of a magazine. With a naivete that stuns me in retrospect, I mailed...
...first floor was the Forbes Gallery, featuring Faberge eggs and Malcolm Forbes Sr.'s large collection of toy boats. I even had the dubious honor of meeting Steve Forbes. While I had responsibilities that included editing some feature stories, my primary role was that of fact-checker...
...publicly exonerated at the magazine, just as I had been publicly condemned two weeks before. When I returned, I was greeted with friendly slaps on the back, the criticism redirected toward the Times. But I will never forget the supreme irony of the moment: A writer and a fact-checker, I was dragged through the dirt by force of words and misrepresented facts! I will also never forget that my exoneration was little more than a miracle. I had no real evidence to prove that I hadn't meant exactly what the Times had printed--I was just fortunate that...
...which sits across from the checker's desk, is part of a pilot program by Harvard Dining Services (HDS) to increase student feedback on the quality of the service and food...
Schur said he had been sitting on the chair all day and only noticed it was missing when he walked into the Adams House dining hall and found the checker there perched atop the massive throne...