Word: confirmã
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Ellen Degeners, who was voted “Funniest Person in America” back in 1982, confused top Harvard brass last week when she announced—and her publicist appeared to confirm??that she would be the University’s honored guest and speaker at Commencement exercises this June. Of course, like Anne Heche at the Emmys, it turns out Ellen won’t be getting anywhere near the stage, having instead been tapped for the slightly-less prestigious Class Day oration at the Law School. Gadfly thinks Harvard is making a terrible mistake...
Opponents of this proposal, however, argue that the paper trail is unnecessary and will prove cumbersome to the voting process. According to an article in The New York Times, critics of attaching a printer to current and future electronic voting machines—so voters can “confirm?? their ballot—cite “paper jams, voter confusion and delays in the voting booth while voters read their receipts,” as potential disincentives to vote. But, at present, studies show that electronic voting systems are not currently designed to ensure we won?...
...greater cause for concern when, later that day, I found my inbox brimming with e-mails bearing the subject “So-and-so has listed you as a friend.” I was shocked. Since when, I wondered, did it become commonplace to “confirm??—online, I might add—that someone is your friend? I wondered whether the rigidity of our environment, in which it’s uncommon for strangers to dine together, might have spawned such wholehearted acceptance of this impersonal medium where...
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