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...fuzzed even further by the inherently impressionistic nature of any literary medium. Short of the unexpected appearance of a Recording Angel, there isn't much a memoirist can do to pull aside that two-ply veil. But before we get lost in an epistemological fog, let's not forget that those distortions must be kept separate from the wilful deceptions of an author who's giving in to ulterior motives. Some falsehood comes with the territory of the memoirist; others must be deliberately imported into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prose and Cons | 1/12/2006 | See Source »

...enough. But by the dozen? This, the quantitative aspect of grading—we are, after all, getting $5 a head for you dolls and therefore pile up as many of you a piece as we can get—this is what too many of you seem to forget. “Coleridge may be said to be both a classical and a romantic, but then so may Dryden, depending on your point of view. In some respects, this statement is unquestionably true; but in others…” On through the night.I hope my inference...

Author: By A Grader, | Title: A Grader’s Reply | 1/12/2006 | See Source »

...difference between human interaction and even the most sophisticated educational toy is that interpersonal exchanges engage all the senses?sight, sound, smell, taste and, very important, touch. "People tend to forget that children are very tactile and their most sensitive part is their mouth," says David Perlmutter, a neurologist and author of the forthcoming book, Raise a Smarter Child by Kindergarten. "Babies need to mouth things and to smell, to have rich sensory experiences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting Sharp: Want a Brainier Baby? | 1/8/2006 | See Source »

...take them just to keep up. Would the means to pay for them determine who gets them? Would the rich get smarter and the poor fall further behind? What effects would such drugs have on the personality and mental health of users in the long run? The tendency to forget some things, for example, may be a big part of emotional stability and efficient problem solving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Staying Sharp: Can You Find Concentration in a Bottle? | 1/8/2006 | See Source »

...wielded their axes as they dragged their longship through Lerwick's streets. Behind them, cannibals with necklaces of fake teeth, pirates and fat ballerinas were among the nearly 900 guisers: men in costume bearing flaming torches whose deep voices bellow out over the brass band, "Let us ne'er forget the race,/ Who bravely fought and died./ Who never filled a craven's grave,/ But ruled the foaming tide." No women take part, but with so many of the torchbearers opting to wear dresses, the festival has earned the moniker Transvestite Tuesday. Last year, one such lovely was Tavish Scott...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pillage People | 1/8/2006 | See Source »

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