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...come over and read aloud of to us your illegible remarks--we can (officially) read anything and we may be married. Write on both sides of the page--single-bluebook finals looks like less work to grade, and win points. This chic, shaded calligraphic script so many are fond of affecting lately is handsome, and is probably worth a good five extra points if you can hack it. But above all, keep us entertained, keep us awake. Be bold, be personal, be witty, be chock full of facts. I'm sure you can do it all without studying...
...with a bachelor's degree in psychology. The large and loving family gathered: the plot's only crisis had something to do with whether Theo could find enough tickets to the ceremony for all the friends and neighbors and family who had assembled to hug one another and make fond jokes. Dr. Huxtable (Bill Cosby) was goofy with pride. He had a flashback to the time some years before when Theo announced he wanted to forget about school and get a job: Dr. Huxtable, stern and loving, laid down the law. And then at the end of the show, Cosby...
...move. Shooting past two horses in the back straight, he swiftly overtook the rest of the field and, with turf-devouring nonchalance, loped to victory by five lengths. In the winner's circle, tossing his head like a young virtuoso after a brilliant performance, the horse drew the fond gaze of his jockey, Steve Cauthen. Said Cauthen: "Arazi rides just like a Cadillac...
...Nelson, Mel Smith -- can't enunciate, and their playing is way too broad; they must think the Marx brothers were Moe, Larry and Curly. Maybe farce always wears out its audience, but it shouldn't wear out its welcome. When Turturro tells some swells, "I bid you all a fond-ue," you may say, "Fond...
When the thousands of alumni who still have fond memories of the Union hear that their money would go to take down Teddy Roosevelt's antler chandeliers, to remove the butter pats from the tin ceiling and to destroy the giant fireplaces at each end of the Union dining hall, they'll have second thoughts about giving you money...