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...grader that he knows a lot more than he actually does, the vague generality is the key device. A generality is a vague statement that means nothing by itself, but when placed in an essay on a specific subject very well might mean something to the grader. The true master of a generality is the man who can write a 10-page essay, which means nothing at all to him, and have it mean a great deal to anyone who reads it. The generality writer banks on the knowledge possessed by the grader, hoping the marker will read things into...
...Hunt’s absence, last year’s Commencement excercises were organized by the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA), and University Provost Steven E. Hyman served as a stand-in master of ceremonies...
After 16 months without an official master of ceremonies and host, Harvard has a new University marshal...
...MASTER John le Carre's powerful story of friendship, espionage and angry political protest...
...issuing albums filled with traditional pop standards [Dec. 15]. I am older than the "aging boomers" these CDs are aimed at, but Rod Stewart's It Had to Be You ... The Great American Songbook was the first pop-music album I've bought in years. Stewart may be a master of "tawdry sincerity," but after rock 'n' roll, heavy metal and rap, it is a great pleasure to hear (and sing along with) the old standards. So Stewart isn't Frank Sinatra. His tunes are still a musical step in the right direction--backward. DOROTHY E. MARTIN Edwardsburg, Mich...