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...most basic level, they should provide a relatively objective manner of distinguishing between students of different intellectual abilities. Grades give graduate schools and potential employers an extra factor to consider when judging a student's potential for future success. They also enable instructors to cull those students who would benefit from either extra help or an extra challenge...
...Fellini's palpable presence troubles the audience in more than this superficial manner. At one point, when Snaporaz is wandering around the convention of feminists, Fellini has the dame from the train point out our hero and accuse him of merely feigned sympathy for women. The viewer cannot help but identify Snaporaz with Fellini, and level the same accusation at the director. The film includes enough male titillation, and enough parodied feminism, to call its emancipated credentials into question. It's unclear whether Fellini is part of the solution or the problem...
...disagreement between a business and a customer is resolved, the business should always deal with the customer in a courteous and dignified fashion. Even when the business does not or cannot give in to the customer's wishes, employees should always treat the customer in a friendly and respectful manner...
Finally, after an hour of waiting, the manager brought out order out. We pointed out to her, in a polite manner, that we had waited an hour for our order. We thought that perhaps knowing about the problem we experienced might help her to prevent similar problems in the future. After all, most businesses actively seek input from customers so that they can find out how to serve their clientele better. Most businesses are happy to receive comment cards from patrons, even when the comments are negative, because such feedback helps them to improve...
...shocks the viewer. His performance includes the now-famous monologue to the camera ("Are you talkin' to me?"), said to have been improvised. A young Jodie Foster contributes a jarring, Academy Award-winning performance as a young prostitute: one moment she is undoing a belt buckle in businesslike manner, at another she is giggly and talkative while eating a piece of bread slathered in sweetness. Harvey Keitel is the epitome of the slimy pimp--he claimed to have rehearsed with actual specimens. His wimpish bravado and bared arms give him the appearance of an evil ape. With their mindless office...