Word: massing
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...superior accuracy of historians. I was arguing for the importance of reading all texts critically, a point worth stressing in this new information age, when readers tend to think that they have access to unmediated factual knowledge by consulting their computers. ROBERT C. DARNTON ‘60 Cambridge, Mass. September 19, 2008 The writer is the Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and Director of the University Library...
...Despite the negative attacks of this presidential season, it is a powerful testament to the widespread appeal of service that these two presidential rivals are co-sponsoring this ground-breaking legislation. ETHAN L. GRAY ‘05-06 MARK A. ISAACSON ‘11 KENT PARK Cambridge, Mass. September 24, 2008 Ethan L. Gray is the director of education policy at Be the Change, inc., and he is an affiliate of ServiceNation. Kent Park is a captain in the U.S army, and he is the military outreach coordinator for ServiceNation...
...decided that students will hurt themselves with the truth, so plans to make it harder for them to find it. What if Harvard were to apply that paternalistic philosophy to its libraries, laboratories, and classrooms, where students also encounter dangerous information? HARRY R. LEWIS ‘68 Cambridge, Mass. September 28, 2008 The writer is a professor of computer science and a former dean of Harvard College and co-author of “Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion...
...Asked to take a leap of faith regarding a dizzyingly complex problem, a critical mass of voters refused to trust their leaders, turning down the medicine that was offered. And so the politicians who are most exposed to popular whims have run for cover. With an election on the horizon, 95 House Democrats and 133 House Republicans opposed the bill. Some portion voted no for clearly ideological reasons. But many more were simply doing what politicians do - responding to the will of the people...
...there are many reasons mass-market business reporters might not answer this question of degree. Maybe nobody really knows. (In which case, they have an obligation to say unambiguously: nobody really knows.) Maybe they fear creating a panic, and at the same time fear not having anticipated a disaster if it happens, so they cover all bases, leaving their audience confused in the process...