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This sad incident brings to mind the words of another historian, named Douglass Adair, who once had the gall to admit the low priority he and his fellow historians place on teaching. In a somewhat impromptu speech at a meeting of the Organization of American Historians 25 years ago, Adair confided his feelings about teaching to his fellow historians. The "semi-educated adolescents" (that's us, the students) may be won over by the "low arts of pedagogical showmanship," said Adair. Essentially, any historian worth his dissertation topic would admit that research and not teaching is the distinguishing feature...
...himself in the foot, he somehow ended up with a bullet in his abdomen. It was hard to imagine that anyone would inflict injuries so severe that he would need two operations, ten days in intensive care and six weeks in the hospital, that he would damage his bowels, gall bladder and liver merely to deflect suspicion from himself...
CARSWELL'S further discussion of the O.A. is quite to the point--he himself realizes its superiority to any E., however A. His illustration includes one of the key "Wake Up the Grader" phrases--"It is absurd." What force! What gall! What fun! "Ridiculous," "hopeless," "nonsense," on the one hand; "doubtless," "obvious," "unquestionable," on the other, will have the same effect. A hint of nostalgic, anti-academic languor at this stage as well may match the grader's own mood: "It seems more than obvious to one entangled in the petty quibbles of contemporary Medievalists--at times, indeed, approaching...
...spleen and decided they had to remove it. The loss of the spleen means she will be slightly more susceptible to infections, and may have to take antibiotics for the rest of her life. To gain access to the liver, the doctors also had to remove Teresa's gall bladder. As for the baby, she had to undergo a second operation to stop bleeding from her new liver. The doctors hope Teresa can be released from the hospital this week and that her daughter will be home for Christmas...
...right, Jesse Helms accuses the White House of abandoning the coup plotters in their noble struggle. On the left are a slew of Democrats who have the gall to denounce Bush's inaction in Panama after repeatedly warning him against military adventurism abroad...