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...talking politicians (John McCain) were all the rage, and trendoids assured us that in the larger culture as well, sincerity was in while irony was out. But 2000 turned out to be a milestone year for the Great American Spin Machine. It was no surprise that spin was more copious than ever during the election campaign; it is more copious than ever in every election campaign. What made 2000 a special year for spin was the postelection recount crisis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Great Spin Machine | 12/25/2000 | See Source »

Willoughby credits Harvard with teaching him how to write. He says that Harvard's copious number of writing assignments "prepared me for being a writer...

Author: By Richard C. Worf, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Alum To Helm Gourmet Magazine | 12/7/2000 | See Source »

...atmosphere was festive, the crowd somewhat sparse at times, but the cotton candy was copious, and the speakers, energetic. They exhorted Harvard students to vote and to participate in civic life...

Author: By Ari D. Brettman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HYPE Pushes Voter Registration | 10/16/2000 | See Source »

...know that your roommates are conscious? No, not at 4 a.m. after copious libations have reduced them to senseless Neanderthals, but how do you know they are conscious, sentient beings to begin with? You might reason as follows: You are conscious (one can be fairly certain of that, most days) and when you interact with your roommates they behave as if their brains possessed the same characteristics that you attribute to your consciousness. Therefore, you attribute the characteristic of "conscious" to these other entities, your roommates. But this inherently subjective definition of consciousness opens the door wide for beings...

Author: By B.j. Greenleaf, | Title: Politics and the Turing Test | 10/3/2000 | See Source »

Harvard Law School's Langdell Library is set to acquire the copious legal papers of the plaintiffs in a landmark mass tort case...

Author: By Ross A. Macdonald, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Law School Acquires Famed Tort Case Papers | 10/2/2000 | See Source »

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