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Word: musts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...theory of underconsumption and purchasing power must be grounded in the psychology of the people." (Economics...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Beating the System | 5/15/1989 | See Source »

...have, I must confess, serious doubts about the efficacy--or even the integrity--of the "classic" exam period editorial, "Beating the System" you reprinted recently. I almost suspect this so-called "Donald Carswell '50" of being rather one of Us--the Bad Guys--than one of you. If your readers have been following Mr. Carswell's advice for the last 11 years, then your readers have been going down the tubes. It is time to disillusion...

Author: By A Grader, | Title: A Grader's Reply | 5/15/1989 | See Source »

...what gets A's. Underline them, capitalize them, inset them in outline form: be sure we don't miss them. Why do you think all exams insist at at the top, "Illustrate;" "Be specific;" etc? They mean it. The illustrations, of course, need not be singularly relevant; but they must be there. If Vague Generalities are anathema, sparkling chips of concrete scattered throughout your blue book will have you up for sainthood. Or at least Dean's List. Name at least the titles of every other book Hume wrote; don't just say Medieval cathedrals, name nine. Think...

Author: By A Grader, | Title: A Grader's Reply | 5/15/1989 | See Source »

...course, some people are naturally conservative; they avoid taking a position whenever possible. They just don't believe in going out on a limb when they don't know the genus of the tree. For these people, the vague generality must be partially junked and replaced by the artful equivocation, or the art of talking around the point...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Beating the System | 5/15/1989 | See Source »

...University officials are again involved in silencing dissident voices on the Board of Overseers--this time by working to block their election. University officials must remain neutral in this and all succeeding overseers elections. Bok and the administration should be welcoming the democracy of the Board rather than shutting out its different voices...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: An Objectionable Role | 5/12/1989 | See Source »

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