Word: correctives
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reported that Steiner's statement had said, "President Bok," not "President Reagan." The similarities between the two men may be debated, but since Mr. Steiner never gave the protesting students a copy of the statement to circulate, we may never know which newspaper contained the correct quotation...
...couse no one should be required to write "politically correct" term papers. But the President of the Forum, who claims that essays "were chosen to represent a range of academic disciplines," clearly complied the selections with a very narrow and conservative outlook on what constitutes quality and what is appropriate in academic writing. Perhaps these papers are their own best defense. But what of the hundred others rejected by the Forum? Were there no worthy hard social science or Women's Studies papers among them? The Forum at least attempts to excuse itself for excluding natural science papers as being...
...this question: A literary agency's editors read 4 out of every 20 scripts submitted. What is the ratio of unread to read scripts? The nice, easy-looking distractor, 5:1, is sitting right there for Joe to get burned on, and usually he does. The correct answer, of course, is 4:1. Owen passes on the Review prescription: in a hard portion, beware the easy answer. In an easy portion, grab...
...told to lie, those volunteers who saw only soundless, neck-down films of the students were able to identify the liars and truth tellers about 65% of the time. A control group that studied only the faces and heard the words of the nurses got 50% of the answers correct, no better than chance...
...better besides. True, the New Yorker writer-whose essays do make splendid books--has the advance of observing all twenty six teams, but ever, Angell's portrayal of the Red Sox his discussions of New England's affection for its team has the touch of an artist. Gammons is correct in noting that the Sox are "sports' first and foremost regional franchise," yet his attempts to prove it are at best, clumsy...