Word: correcting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Police Chief Anne P. Glavin said that in some cases the BPD "did not give us the correct statistics," but that in a few cases the MIT staff did not report the statistics that it did receive...
...would like to correct an alleged correction in a letter to the editor (April 3). "Hit 'em where they ain't" is inaccurately attributed to the wrong Baseball Hall of Famer with "Wee" in his nick-name, Pee Wee Reese. The quote is actually part of a piece of sage advice provided by the turn of the century outfielder, "Wee" Willie Keeler. When asked about his hitting approach, the 5-foot, 4-inch Keeler, who still shares the National League record with hits in 44 consecutive games, said "Keep your eye on the ball, and hit `em where they...
Visiting graduate schools this past week or two has given me a slightly different perspective on this question of the correct attitude to bring to one's reading and writing. At the end of the thesis writing process, I was pretty convinced by Ruskin. I kept telling myself: "you real small, Kant real big." I tried to listen carefully to what Kant was saying. Being weak, I was often tempted to make up what I thought he was saying. It seemed to me that I had some interesting idea that someone might have said, but with Ruskin in mind...
...Pick from the box labeled "mixed." The label is wrong, so the color of the ball is the color of all the balls in the box. The box with the label of the other color ("red" or "blue") must contain the mixed balls, since otherwise its label would be correct, and the remaining box must contain the balls of the other color...
...public that he used to ask of the President in private. But whatever the case, these three individuals highlight for us the different circumstances of loyalty. I would argue that instead of loyalty giving way to principle or vice versa, loyalty and principle are inextricably intertwined, and that the correct application of both depends on the context...