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When I was debating in high school, we put a lot of effort into collecting the opinions of experts to support our cases. We would pull out neatly-filed index cards during rounds and fire quotes at our opponents at mind-boggling speeds. What it always came down to, however, was our expert statistics versus theirs. The only thing we ever accomplished was amusing our judges...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: I Sold My Soul to Derrida | 11/26/1991 | See Source »

...cases, that's what writing a paper comes down to--citing supporting evidence in a kind of index card frenzy to prove that you know what you are talking about. We tag on a quote from Max Weber or Simone de Beauvoire to an idea of our own with the prayer that we will magically assume his or her authority. It often ends up as our experts against somebody else's--Hume vs. Locke, Marx vs. Hegel. The only thing we accomplish is making our TF's pull all-nighters to finish grading...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: I Sold My Soul to Derrida | 11/26/1991 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Economy Down and Dirty | 11/25/1991 | See Source »

...read this, hundreds of tiny Pharaoh ants are haplessly wandering onto index cards smeared with peanut butter. Little do they know, it is not the same Skippy Louie's sells on the corner. This stuff means business and it's laced with boric acid...

Author: By Allan S. Galper, | Title: Anti-Ant PB&J | 11/20/1991 | See Source »

...latest economic reports from Washington gave little evidence that the % squeeze would end anytime soon. The Commerce Department said the Consumer Price Index surged at an annual rate of nearly 5% in September, dampening expectations that the Federal Reserve Board would ease interest rates further. At the same time, the economy's few bright spots were barely flickering. Washington said industrial production rose just 0.1% in September, while housing starts dropped 2.2%, the first decline in six months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: the Economy: It's Stuck In Neutral | 10/28/1991 | See Source »

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