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Sloppy research Opening blurb refers to "Dark Ages"--a gauche term--plus the movie actually takes place in the early Renaissance; priest mixes up Latin grammar; Joan's brother did not die during the attack on Paris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Noah's O.K., but We Need Babes | 5/17/1999 | See Source »

...would be another case of Microsoft bulking up its software, giving me features I'd never be able to figure out, let alone use. So far that hasn't been my experience. Word, for instance, looks like my old program but has a number of improvements, such as better grammar and spelling checkers and menus that adapt to the way you use them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Web Office | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

...students were enthusiastic about their young teacher. They seemed undaunted by her age and relative inexperience and greatly appreciative of her ceaseless energy. LeBow develops the curriculum for her weekly class, including discussions, grammar exercises, games and group work...

Author: By Dafna V. Hochman, | Title: Loving to Learn, Living to Teach | 4/9/1999 | See Source »

...King is a good and righteous man. Anything in this column that implies otherwise is the result of poor grammar or was slipped in by my editors after I went home. The important thing to remember is how good and righteous I think Mr. King is. Also, in case it comes up, I like the Scientologists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Boxing Advice from the Hulkster | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

...ever shopped in, and if he ever scratched himself in public, we could watch it. Maybe he was undercharged for a pack of hair curlers once and neglected to tell the clerk about it. Interview everyone who has a grudge against him--old secretaries who had to correct his grammar on the letters they typed, the neighbor who had to deal with the leaves from the Hatch maple tree. Search his home. Maybe he has a secret fondness for donning embroidered platform shoes and elephant bells and lip synching to Barry Manilow. Why shouldn't the nation know about this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Republicans Were Right, But-- | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

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