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...quantity they become sheer madness. Or induce it. "The twentieth century has never recoverd from the effects of Marx and Freud" (V.G.); "but whether this is a good thing or a bad is difficult to say" (A.E.). Now one such might be droll enough. But by the dozen? This, the quantititative aspect of grading--we are, after all, getting five dollars a head for you dolts and therefore pile up as many of you apiece as we can get--this is what too many of you seem to forget. "Coleridge may be said to be both a classical...

Author: By A Grader | Title: A Grader’s Response | 5/10/2010 | See Source »

...Maybe it’s just a matter of taking it one race at a time,” Himler said. “Huge changes in the breeze happen. Regattas are two days. We do two dozen races. If we falter in one, we should adjust our attitude and strategy...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sailing Falls Short on Day Two, Does Not Make Team Nationals | 5/10/2010 | See Source »

...finally resolve to start your paper after RSVPing via Facebook to a dozen or so fashion shows. But where do you begin? Well, the Writing Center went Web 2.0 to try to help you survive finals period: check out the "'The Barker Underground' - the official [tumblr] blog of the Harvard Writing Center...

Author: By George T. Fournier, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Struggling to Finish a Term Paper? | 5/8/2010 | See Source »

...deputy mayor, Goldsmith will be in charge of about a dozen different departments—including the Fire and Police Departments and the Office of Management and Budget...

Author: By Stephanie B. Garlock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Kennedy School Professor Tapped for NYC Post | 5/5/2010 | See Source »

What is particularly threatening about the reality of an Iran with nuclear weapons is its relationships with half a dozen terrorist groups. Whereas North Korea, or even Soviet Russia, would more likely and more rationally avoid mutually assured destruction, a radical zealot is liable to attack an American city without regard to his or her future...

Author: By Eric T. Justin | Title: It’s Time to Brandish the Big(ger) Stick | 4/29/2010 | See Source »

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