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...sense to me and that I had worked on for several days, did I get a grade far lower than those I had gotten in high school English? Since kindergarten, writing was always my forté, and I felt slighted that writing in Expos had to mean following a formula??thesis up front, motive next, argument, then counter-argument—and to wander from said equation would be tantamount to grade death...
...Maglet, Tooth, Toothie, Marge, Cookie, Magledon, Magster, Maggie May, Ocelot, Magoo, Lucas, Magdog, Quiz, MMR, mmrface, Magli, and simply, Maggie.I’ve been called, and answered to, every name on that list, and I’m sure a few more. (There’s an easy formula??start with Mag and add anything to the end.) This doesn’t even include the long list of names I could have been called if you follow the listings of alternate forms for Margaret in any baby book. Feel free to call me Gretel, Greta, Gretchen...
...furious maternal instinct to protect her daughter: I saw this one already, back when it was called “Panic Room.” Well, maybe, but that’s not reason enough to skip “Flightplan,” especially since the formula??s been retooled and improved upon...
...Half-Blood Prince,” Rowling is also at her personal best. The author’s intricate plots have always carried the series, keeping us involved despite sometimes painfully plain prose. This time, the plot gets even better. Her technique works according to Chekhov’s formula??if there’s a gun in the first book, you can be sure there will be a death by the sixth—except J.K. Rowling doesn’t do guns; the clues she plants all have to do with biography, motive, and character. Earlier...
There is a method to this mathematical formula??s madness, however. Harvard’s boost had little, if anything, to do with its own struggles. But perfectly timed missteps from UMass-Lowell, Boston University, and New Hampshire—all of which held a narrow lead over the Crimson a week ago—allowed Harvard to salvage an otherwise forgettable weekend...