Word: essayed
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...evaluation guide with the student editors, also agreed to send away for course evaluation guides from other colleges that use only statistical data in their presentations. Although next year's CUE guide will not be affected, the move raises the possibility that future guides may depart from the present essay-statistic format. This issue was not discussed any further, however...
...Washington, legislators are mired in trying to find ways to cut spending in accordance with the Gramm-Rudman deficit-reduction bill (see Essay). Confronted with severe cutbacks in revenue sharing, states are searching for innovative ways to make their social programs more effective. Workfare could prove to be an important example for future experiments...
Congratulations! Chris Farley, for your sobering and insightful essay on Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday (Crimson, Jan. 22). Undoubtedly, your statements may shock the sensibilities of many, who would rather ignore the racial problems that still remain in this country. Despite the progress that has been made, racism is all too pervasive in the U.S., and the economic and social inequalities that separate Blacks and whites are staggering. Too many Americans, intoxicated with their own self-righteousness, choose to wave their flags in the face of racism and listen to the man (Ronald Reagan) who twists the words...
Russo, one of the grill's three managers, says they had to go through an informal bidding process to run the grill. Two years ago prospective owners had to submit a one page essay on "Why Food Is Good," Russo says...
Still, most of Milbank's judgments are canny and her enthusiasms welcome. The chapter on Claire McCardell, "the first truly American designer," is an admirable essay on the sportswear of the '40s and '50s, on which most American style is based. Equally impressive is her account of Worth's career (1858-95). In a few paragraphs, the author sketches in that formidable designer's world; he learned the art of endless invention by the necessity of dressing the ladies of the French court, who were obliged always to appear in white and never to wear the same toilette twice. Worth...