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...interviews and superficial calculations concerning Leni's whereabouts and occupation. He must quantify much more metaphysical occurences, and for this purpose develops a code near the start of his narrative. Tears, Weeping, Laughing, Beatitude, Pain and Suffering are all human intangibles that he knows he must reckon into his Factual account if he would emerge with a judgement. And so T., W., L., B., P., and S. are all defined briefly but methodically, and suubsequently designated by their initials, as useful coordinates for plotting the lacrymae rerum of any one of the clump of characters he has exhumed...
...sickening it is to hear the words Red threat after 15 years. As far as I am concerned, TIME is as much responsible for Communist paranoia as Senator McCarthy, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. Your only saving grace is that you are factual...
...Winter's Tale, with which the AST completes this summer's repertory, has often been scored for its anachronisms and factual slips. Shakespeare set the play in the times of ancient Greece, yet its tone is clearly Christian, including even a reference to Whitsunday. Hermione claims her father was Emperor of Russia, when there was then no such thing. A famous 16th-century Italian sculptor is cited by name. Shakespeare confused the oracle of Apollo at Delphi with the one on the island of Deios, and provided Bohemia with a seacoast it has never enjoyed. On top of that...
...exploration of his field. If no social theorists offered evidence to support their ideas, then the only thing which could persuade anyone would be emotions--which, in the long run, means the only argument would be force, since no one can back down on feelings. Without some kind of factual support, theories cannot be tested. They only hang there, turning slowly, slowly in the wind, and in the end don't offer much insight into anything...
Daniel Steiner '54, general counsel to the University, said he would not comment on Burn's charges but said The Gazette's statement was merely a "factual" answer...