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...want to take the best practice that has been learned in some courses today, and to support spreading that best practice,” Moriarty said. “There are a lot of clever examples across the University...
...pleasantly re-learned over spring break, TV isn’t the intellect-dissolver or morality-debaser that it is so often criticized as being. There happens to be a lot of clever and interesting stuff out there (Amanda Peet on Leno, for example), and even the bad programs are usually worth figuring out and dismissing...
...emptive strike to stop the same thing from happening again. Huntington's claim that Mexican Americans don't assimilate should not be accepted without challenge. (If George Will quotes from Huntington on Sunday-morning TV, my attempt will have failed.) And the media should stop treating clever but flawed scholarship as if it were Holy Writ, especially if an academic argument seems to question the patriotism of good people. You shouldn't do that lightly, with or without dense footnotes...
...simplest level, GarageBand lets you lay down loops?prerecorded short riffs by drums, bass, piano and so on. There are some 1,000 loops to choose from on the basic software and 2,000 more on the $99 add-on, Jam Pack. Here's the clever bit: the loops are arranged not just by instrument but also under mood-based headings such as "Relaxed," "Intense," "Cheerful" and so on. Click and drag your loops into the score, and they become interactive. You can stretch and splice them like lumps of Play-Doh. In just 10 minutes I found I could...
...should have sought help a long time ago. But it is a decision that, tragically, some students never make. Many of us pride ourselves on self-sufficiency. We didn’t get to Harvard having to ask for directions; we’re resourceful, we’re clever and—most importantly—we’re stubborn. It’s what gave us that edge over our classmates, but today it’s often the greatest impediment to our success...