Word: finalities
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...Friday's newspapers treated the event as if it were a soccer cup final. "What is Havel's Play Like?" runs a bold-type headline followed by five stars in Lidove Noviny, a daily not in the habit of running arts stories on its front pages. The business daily Hospodarske Noviny called the play the "theatrical event of the season" . "Sure, the fame of the author ? plays a role but it is an extraordinary experience nonetheless...
...Havel himself voice as the actors freeze on stage. The effect is odd, at first but, in the end adds a fitting layer of ironic detachment. Characteristically, Havel's main stage direction during the play is to tell his actors not to overact. On opening night, in the final scene, after the cast exits back stage on a elevator-like device rising skyward, leaving the theater hauntingly still and dark, Havel's gravelly voice boomed out over loudspeakers. "I thank the actors for refraining from burlesque," he said. "The theater thanks the audience for switching off their cell phones. Truth...
...College should mandate that professors and teaching fellows return all final exams and final papers that are handed in at the end of the year. TFs should be required to communicates grades and comments on all papers and projects to students, whether by making it possible for students to pick them up before the end of finals period, by e-mail, or by snail mail. Since written comments are often also important feedback, all work that is not directly returned to students should be preserved over the summer so students can see it when they get back in the fall...
...students should receive e-mails from their professors or TFs with a personal grade breakdown for the year, as well as a class-wide grade distribution on finals in larger classes. This would allow students to understand grades they haven’t necessarily kept track of, such as homework and midterm scores, as well as grades they often never see, such as those for final exams and section participation. Seeing what areas of the course they needed the most improvement in would help students learn more from the class...
...Given that sentiment, how Obama treats Clinton - and vice versa - is likely to have as much impact on any final settlement between the camps as the final vote tallies. Jesse Jackson, who knows a thing or two about waging a long and bitter primary battle - and about reconciling when it is over - said recently, "The winner really needs the loser." But then he added that unless the loser gets over the "pain" of coming in second, the party is doomed. Nothing is more likely to bring the loser's supporters aboard than seeing their candidate throw herself wholeheartedly behind...