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...easy when you’re starting on a 20-page essay two days past its deadline. Some people I’ve talked to share a handful of my symptoms. Minor accomplishments, say, the completion of a particularly clause-rich sentence, seem to merit, according to the dominant irrational side of my mind, an entire hour’s worth of distractions. (Pick your poison: mp3 or avi.) Constant underestimation of how long a given paper will take has led to my foolhardy belief that any paper can be tackled in 24 hours. Mentally prepared to stay...
...that are officially known as the Other Backward Classes (OBCs), to go into effect next June. That decision sparked demonstrations in many Indian cities and towns. University faculty staged walkouts, students protested and public hospitals shut their doors to all but emergency cases. "Modern India should be built on merit, not caste," says Sudip Sen, a Ph.D student in biochemistry at the supercompetitive All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Officials say the fresh quota is necessary because the lower castes are still marginalized. But critics say the government is merely pandering to the OBCs because they're a big voting...
...Last Stand. But its usual fare is provocative or perplexing films from top directors. Three of the attention-grabbing entries: Volver Pedro Almodvar blends ghost story, revenge drama and all-girl comedy in a tale of courageous, if loco, sisterhood. Lovely Penlope Cruz and spectral Carmen Maura merit laurels, maybe Oscars...
...Dershowitz dismisses allegations of plagiarism on the grounds that I am a “hard-left” academic (“Plagiarism Accusations Unfairly Characterized,” letter, May 5). I understand neither what this means nor its relevance: the basis of rational inquiry is the merit of an argument, not its provenance. NORMAN G. FINKELSTEIN Chicago, Ill. May 8, 2006 The writer is a professor of political science at DePaul University...
...Detractors stress that it is not just because of merit that they oppose the quota system; they believe it is not addressing the real problems in India. If the lower castes and classes had equal opportunities earlier in life, they argue, quotas wouldn't be necessary for higher education. "Instead of reserving 10 seats at AIIMS, educate 10,000 children. Then you will see a difference in Indian society," says...