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...marketplace of ideas,” in which scientific results would be vetted democratically, instead of by a group of cloistered elites. Readers would post comments judging the quality of the work, and an experiment or theory would either be buoyed by praise and interest, or, if found flawed, drown in a sea of anonymity. Such a system, proponents argue, would free science from the trammels of communication that currently retard its process. Chris Surridge, PLoS ONE’s managing editor recently told the Associated Press, “If we publish a vast number of papers, some...
...always was. John M. Reynolds Augusta, Georgia, U.S. Severgnini's Italia Beppe Severgnini's new book, Label-La Figura, provides a good way to understand Italy [Aug. 28]. He's the best person to describe the highs and the lows of our country. Most books on the subject drown readers in a sea of awful clichés. Since Severgnini has traveled all over the world, he can draw fair comparisons on how we see our society and how it is seen outside our borders. I'm not really patriotic, but your review somehow made me a little prouder...
...Rise and Fall of the Russian Avant-Garde”. Frequenters of the Kong may look to C-40, “The Chinese Literati.” Of course, the classes’ specificity means that one could very easily drown in terrible boredom amidst the German Colonial Imagination if one didn’t have a pre-existing interest in the subject. We particularly recommend Professor Tomás Ó Cathasaigh’s course, C-20, “The Hero of Irish Myth and Saga”, which talks about lots of battles and killing...
...workplace, with a euphemistic jargon of its own. For instance, “commuter shoes” are the flip-flops you take off in the elevator before jamming your feet into heels, “listening to music” is “the only way to drown out the noise of the screaming family of four”, and “this is my half of the seat” is the appropriate translation for: “Stop opening your Wall Street Journal into my face, you suburban asshole.” Commuting with someone...
...drown his sorrows? No way. "He was mad," says Landis' coach, Robbie Ventura, who met with his rider two hours after the stage. "He was like, ?You know what, I'm the strongest guy in this race, and I'm going to do something about it.' He was going to make someone...