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...have to fight the crowd. The "Beat Bobby Flay" chant was, at one point, led by eight-year-old Tommy Mothershead, who had traveled from Arizona to see his hero, Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto, do battle. Mothershead was dressed in a homemade facsimile of Morimoto's silver robe and hat that looked either more or less ridiculous on him, depending on how long you thought about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Joy Of Cooking | 6/26/2000 | See Source »

...that students are using the system primarily to protect their averages; on campuses where pass/fail grades are optional (usually for one subject a semester), students often reserve them for difficult courses. Some professors are skeptical about the effect of pass/fail on motivation and learning. Says Stanford Philosophy Professor John Mothershead Jr.: "There's a great temptation for a bright student in a pass/fail course not to do any work and get away with it." Associate Registrar Philip Bain at the University of Idaho agrees. "The students say pass/fail reduces their anxiety," he says. "But our studies show it also...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Downgrading No-Grade | 2/4/1974 | See Source »

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